Satellite images show Iran's new drone carrier has set sail, leaving its home port for the first time

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Side-by-side images show the Shahid Bagheri at its berth on November 12 but absent on November 28.
Side-by-side images show the Shahid Bagheri at its berth on November 12 but absent on November 28.

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Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

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A satellite image shows various sites of China building a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier.
China built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, potentially an aircraft carrier.

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Rare satellite image shows China's only two operational aircraft carriers together at a base in the South China Sea

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A composite image of China's Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers.
The Liaoning and Shandong are China's only operational aircraft carriers. Another, the Fujian, is undergoing sea trials.

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Hurricane Milton morphed into a Category 5 in 2 days. Take a look at the storm's rapid evolution from space.

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This side-by-side shows Milton's rapid evolution from a tropical storm on Saturday (left) into a Category 5 on Monday (right).

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Before and after satellite photos show Hurricane Helene's destruction of the Florida coast

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Hurricane Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm on Thursday, causing severe flooding, power outages, and widespread damage across multiple states.

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A new first-in-class Chinese attack submarine sank at a Wuhan shipyard in a pier-side accident

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A satellite image shows floating cranes near a pier at a Chinese shipyard.
Efforts to salvage the submarine, June 15.

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Before-and-after images show devastation of Japan earthquake

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Satellite images show the extent of the destruction after a series of powerful earthquakes hit Japan starting January 1. 

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