Oldest Gun Found in the U.S. Tells the Story of a Forgotten Battle

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The 485-year-old cannon discovered in southern Arizona.

NATO just accused China of enabling Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the first time

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in 2023. NATO has accused China of being "a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine."

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The man Clarence Thomas raised 'as a son' arrested on drug and weapons charges

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Clarence Thomas took in his grandnephew and raised him like a son. Mark Martin now faces more than 25 years on drug and weapons charges.

China's latest weapon of war is a gun-toting robot dog

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A robot dog used by the Chinese military
A robot dog used by the Chinese military.

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How the US Army refined its battle-tested, controversial M4 Carbine for modern combat

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A close up shot of a US Marine firing an M4A1 carbine
A US Marine fires an M4A1 carbine at a live-fire training in Barira, Philippines.

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Biden's move to send $1 billion in weapons to Israel could backfire

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President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023.

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How the Iranian-backed Houthi militia compares to the US-led task force in the Red Sea

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A battle is playing out in the Red Sea as Yemen's Houthi militia attacks commercial shipping vessels headed to the Suez Canal using weapons supplied by Iran. Now a US-led task force is fighting back.

US Navy warship commander mocked for holding assault gun with scope the wrong way around

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US Navy firing gun with scope backwards
The now-deleted image of commander Cameron Yaste firing a rifle with a back-to-front scope and the lens cap still attached.

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A subtle shift in how China talks about Taiwan suggests it is gearing up for war

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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress on March 11, 2023 in Beijing, China.

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How the US' top multiple rocket launcher compares with Russia's BM-30 in the Ukraine war

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A US Navy veteran compares the best multiple launcher rocket systems from the US and UK, detailing HIMARS and the BM-30 Smerch.

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