North and South Korea are taking their missile race underwater. Here's how their new missile-launching submarines stack up

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the launch of a new "tactical nuclear attack submarine" in September.

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Israel's war with Hamas shows why even 50 years of upgrades can't make tanks invulnerable

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A destroyed Israeli tank in Gaza City on October 7.

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After years of building up its navy, Saudi Arabia is testing its new warships with real-world missions

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Royal Saudi Naval Force frigate Makkah in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in November 2022.

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NATO navies are worried about Russia using its unique weapons to pick a fight on territory nobody controls

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An underwater mine is detonated during a NATO exercise in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Latvia in September 2023.

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Russia's huge Air Force is still mostly intact, but it hasn't been building the jets it needs to win on the ground in Ukraine

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A Russian Su-35 downed in Ukraine's Kharkiv region in April 2022.

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Russia and Ukraine are both beefing up their air defenses ahead of another winter of bombardment

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Ukrainian air-defense systems fire into the sky outside Kyiv on November 25.

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With crises brewing around the world, the US's diplomatic 'special agents' are sharpening old skills and learning some new ones

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The US Embassy in Kyiv reopened on May 18, 2022, three months after closing due to Russia's invasion.

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With job cuts and drug tests, the Pentagon hopes to prepare its special-ops forces for a new era of warfare

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A West Coast-based member of Naval Special Warfare Command during a water-climb training event in 2014.

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An expired remnant of the Iran nuclear deal may help Russia rearm for another winter of missile attacks on Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Samarkand in September 2022.

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A top Democrat's indictment could be a game-changer for 2 troublesome allies seeking US fighter jets

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Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Sen. Ben Cardin on Capitol Hill in April 2018.

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