Russia made a flashy upgrade to its cruise missiles since Ukraine shot down so many — but it likely won't help

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A plane in the sky dropping a Kh-101 cruise missile
A Kh-101 cruise missile fired in Syria in a video shared by Russia's defense ministry in 2017.

YouTube/Ministry of Defense of Russia

Missiles that a UK warship has used to shoot down Houthi threats are getting the ability to battle new targets

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Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland's Outer Hebrides and Norway's Arctic coast.
Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland's Outer Hebrides and Norway's Arctic coast.

UK Ministry of Defense

Iran's new jet-powered exploding drones in Russian hands could put even more stress on Ukraine's best air defenses

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Footage shows Ukrainian forces shooting down a Shahed-136/131 drone on Dec. 31, 2023.
Footage shows Ukrainian forces shooting down a Shahed-136/131 drone on Dec. 31, 2023.

Screengrab via Telegram/Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk, commander of Ukraine's air force

A single night of strikes against Houthi militants won't be enough to deter Red Sea attacks, military expert says

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Navy destroyer USS Carney the Suez Canal
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in the Suez Canal on Oct. 18, 2023.

US Navy/MCS2 Aaron Lau

How building fake aircraft carriers and destroyers in the desert could be helping China better threaten the US Navy

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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Jan. 5, 2024.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Jan. 5, 2024.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly/DoD

US intel shows China's army had missiles filled with water instead of fuel in a corruption scandal that led to Xi's military purge: Bloomberg

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Chinese soldiers sit atop mobile rocket launchers, with crowds of people in the background.
Chinese soldiers atop mobile rocket launchers in a parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2019 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Fears grow that Ukraine could run out of US-supplied Patriot missiles

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Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.
Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.

INQUAM PHOTOS/George Calin

Massive Russian missile strike sounded like 'Armageddon,' Ukrainian lawmaker recalls after blast blew her windows out

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A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Photo by Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Russian warplane accidentally bombed its own side during a massive missile attack on Ukraine

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Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.
Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.

REUTERS/Yevhen Kotenko

Ukraine says it deployed its 'FrankenSAM' air-defense systems made from stitching together US and Soviet weapons

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A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.
A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.

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