How Coast Guard pilots and sharpshooters leave drug boats dead in the water, from helicopter chases to shooting out the engines

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An orange US Coast Guard helicopter flies behind a Coast Guard vessel. The ocean is dark blue and the sky is overcast in the background.
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US Coast Guard photo Cmdr. Mike Mastrianni

The US Navy is canceling its future frigates in a blow to its ambitions to grow the fleet

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A drawing of a grey Navy warship sailing in blue ocean waters with a blue, somewhat cloudy sky in the background.
Two Constellation-class frigates are currently under construction by shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

Chief Petty Officer Shannon Renfroe

A NATO ally staring down Russia is doubling down on HIMARS after Ukraine showed what they can do

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A large projectile launches from the back of a truck-mounted system in a grassy field with smoke and flames behind it, all under a blue cloudy sky
The US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) has helped Ukraine, and NATO members are investing in it.

Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Ukrainian security source says Russia reacted to an attack by firing missiles into its own buildings

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A satellite image shows an overview of oil terminals and facilities at Russia's Novorossiysk Port before a Ukranian missile and drone attack, in Novorossiysk, Russia, November 14, 2025.
Ukraine said it carried out a large attack on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk on Tuesday.

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F-35 stealth fighters spearheaded strikes deep inside Iran and were the last ones out, Midnight Hammer commanders say

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A US Air Force F-35 Lightning II flies away from a KC-135 Stratotanker after aerial refueling over the US Central Command area of responsibility, March 24, 2025.
American F-35s participated in the operation to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jackson Manske

Russian infiltration teams are exploiting bad weather to sneak past Ukrainian lines

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Ukrainian servicemen ride a military buggy along a road near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 23, 2025.
Ukrainian soldiers ride a military buggy near Pokrovsk in bad weather.

Anatolii Stepanov/REUTERS

The Coast Guard says it's seizing more drugs than ever and needs more ships, aircraft, and people to keep up

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US Coast Guard service members sit in a blue drug boat that's been sized in the ocean. Nearby them is a large Coast Guard Cutter.
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US Coast Guard photo by Cutter Stone's crew

Ukraine's special ops forces say they just scored a battlefield first: taking out a Russian helicopter with a 'deep strike' drone

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A helicopter in the air above grass with trees in the foreground and backgraound and a grey sky
Helicopters like the Soviet-era Mi-8 have been key for both Russia and Ukraine, but have been very vulnerable.

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Russia's new jet-powered strikes are testing Ukraine, but few of these weapons are actually in play, officials say

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Officers of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office cover the carbon fiber remains of a Russian-made drone.
Russia has been using new weapons powered by jet engines to strike Ukraine.

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Ukraine's digital war tool cut the time between finding and striking Russian targets from days to minutes

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Soldiers from an artillery crew of the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk region, Ukraine, November 20, 2025.
Ukraine's Delta battlefield management system has reduced its targeting cycle.

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

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