White House pushes ahead on Golden Fleet and the new Trump-class battleship with a request for billions of dollars for shipbuilding

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US President Donald Trump stands next to a poster showing a render of a Trump-class battleship.
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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

The US lost a fighter jet over Iran, reports say, adding to a growing list of aircraft losses in the war

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A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle from Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base's 335th Fighter Squadron breaks off after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Tennessee Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Squadron, over the US Central Command area of responsibility, April 20, 2024.
A US F-15 operates over the Middle East.

US Air Force Photo

The US is burning through expensive missiles. DARPA is looking for cheaper ones that can be built in days, not months.

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US soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conduct a Patriot missile live-fire exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 23, 2025.
US soldiers from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conduct a Patriot missile live-fire exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 23, 2025.

Sgt. JaDarius Duncan/US Army

Shahed-killing interceptor drones may look simple, but building them to keep up with the threat isn't easy

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A Skyfall employee pilots a P1-Sun interceptor drone.
Skyfall's P1 Sun interceptor drone.

Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images

With Ukraine's Leopard 2s needed on the front lines, it's training tank crews with mixed-reality headsets used by NATO

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A man uses a Varjo headset and sensors as four others watch.
Varjo's headsets are being used in tank training, as seen in this photo provided by a school in Kharkiv.

Ukraine Military Institute of Armored Forces, Tank Institute

Ukrainian troops showed 'greater tactical imagination' than Western trainers, British officer says, pointing to their ambush tactics

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Two figures wearing camouflage hold firearms in the air and run inside a trench with mist and trees behind them
The experienced Ukrainian soldiers getting the Western training have more battle experience than their trainers.

JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images

The US military says its 70-year-old B-52 bombers are now flying overland missions as air superiority expands over Iran

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A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress flies in an overcast grey sky.
B-52 Stratofortress bombers are flying over-land missions in Iran, the US' top general said.

US Air Force photo

US allies are scrambling to buy Ukraine's counter-drone tech, but gear alone isn't enough to defeat the Shahed threat

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A man in a black hoodie stands wearing googles and holding a controller looking at a black interceptor drone in a cloudy sky
Ukraine's interceptor drones have caught allies' eyes as a low-cost way to stop enemy drones.

Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine is developing interceptor drone swarms to defend against Russian attacks

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An interceptor drone used by the Khanter (Hunter) group of Ukraine's 208th Khersonska Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade flies in the sky as the unit carries out combat missions in Ukraine, March 4, 2026.
A Ukrainian interceptor drone takes flight earlier this month.

Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images

NATO official says members often aren't buying weapons together, and it's a mistake

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A red missile fired into the air from a camouflage-colored large weapons system, with orange smoke billowing
Allies are working more closely together on weapons like the US-made Patriot air defense system, but officials say more must be done.

Peter Mueller/Bundeswehr via Getty Images

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