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

The US Air Force's new strategic bomber and ICBM got more money — almost $1 billion —in the government shutdown deal

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A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

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The US Army says it's now getting soldiers next-day fixes on new tech rather than making them wait 6 months

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A soldier wearing camouflage kneels in a grassy green field surrounded by rows of dirt and weeds.
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Army Maj. Joel Anderson

A Coast Guard contractor says the government had him fired over Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk. He's suing.

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The US Department of Homeland Security sign is seen on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Washington D.C., United States on January 5, 2023.
The US Department of Homeland Security sign on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Washington D.C., United States on January 5, 2023.

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Ukraine wants to build a missile market like it did with drones, top tech official says

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Workers inspect a Flamingo cruise missile at Fire Point's secret factory in Ukraine on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.
Ukraine recently unveiled its long-range Flamingo cruise missile.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Russia's unjammable drones are now long-range, and Ukraine's logistics are in danger

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A drone armed with a warhead is flown as pilots of the 28th mechanised brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine test a fibre optic FPV drone with RPG munition on June 18, 2025 near Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Region, Ukraine.
Russia has introduced long-range fiber-optic drones to the battlefield, a top Ukrainian official said.

Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

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