Russia is keeping its helicopters away from Ukraine's naval drones, a special forces commander says. They were becoming 'easy targets.'

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A grey naval drone in water with two missiles on top angled upwards
Ukraine's naval drones, like the Magura V7, are equipped with missiles that have taken down Russian aircraft.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

New Pentagon maps show the reach of China's expanding missile force

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Chinese DF-26 missiles, camouflage colored, in front of military personnel standing at a parade against a blue sky.
China unveiled the DF-26 at a military parade in 2015.

Xinhua/Xu Suhui

US forces have kept up the hunt for ISIS fighters after massive strikes, taking dozens more off the board

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M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers fire missiles in the US Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike, Dec. 20, 2025.
The US has hit back at ISIS following a deadly ambush that killed several Americans earlier this month.

US Army photo

A Russian drone hit a rescue robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier — the bot shielded him from further injury, battalion says

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The black silhouette of the front of a long robot on a track surrounded by plant life at night time, with a figure standing beside it to flag it down
Ukraine is using ground robots to evacuate the wounded, and some have cages or armor to protect the soldiers.

1st Separate Medical Battalion

Air superiority and long-range strikes: what China's war games say about how it might assault Taiwan

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A screen showing soldiers running is seen against a building in a city.
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale.

Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

After hammering Russian ships on the open ocean, Ukraine's drone boats appear to be taking the fight into new waters

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The front of a dark-grey drone in a channel of water with golden foliage on both sides
Ukraine has a growing fleet of river drones to hunt more Russian targets.

40th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade

Robots are evacuating soldiers in Ukraine. A US veteran said they're best when they're cheap.

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A man in camouflage gear stands watching a robot with a man lying on top pulling another man along the ground in a field
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology.

AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko

NATO is looking to Ukraine for ways to kill drones without wasting expensive missiles

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A US Army soldier launches an AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone during a live-fire demonstration at the Deba training grounds in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on November 18, 2025.
NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense.

Artur Widak/Anadolu via Getty Images

The US military is weird about hands in pockets, and the rules are all over the place

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A solider pockets his beret in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017.
A solider pockets his beret in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Ken Scar/US Army Reserve

Ukrainian soldiers have incredible tactical patience and are far happier moving slowly than the British military

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A man in camouflage gear and a helmet kneels in a rubble-filled room with destroyed walls
Experienced Ukrainian troops showed their Western trainers that, particularly in urban environments, they wanted to move slowly.

YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images

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