How Saudi Arabia and UAE learned to stop worrying and love Turkey's Bayraktar drones

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Turkey Bayraktar Akinci drone
Bayraktar's Akinci drone on display at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport on April 29.

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Russia's army has learned to plug its frontline defenses in Ukraine with convicts, marines, and special-ops troops

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Russians called up as part of the partial mobilization go through military training in Rostov in October 2022.

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China's sprawling spy agencies are designed to root out the 'five poisons' at home and abroad, British intelligence says

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A security guard next to a jet engine turbo-fan at the China Aviation Expo in Beijing in September 2005.

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Ukrainian pilots are now using US-made rockets on Soviet-designed helicopter gunships

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A Ukrainian Air Force Mi-24 helicopter during an exercise near the city of Mykolayiv in September 2006.

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Ukraine's offensive is bearing down on Russian forces, but Chinese artillery could still bail Moscow out

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Chinese artillery troops during a live-fire test in Anhui Province in October 2021.

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Ukraine has 14 kinds of howitzers to batter Russian forces, but each gun brings a new problem for Kyiv

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Ukrainian troops fire a M777 howitzer near Zaporizhzhya on July 16.

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Storm Shadow missiles give Ukraine 'a much longer stick,' but Russia is already learning to adapt, expert says

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The Storm Shadow cruise missile on display outdoors on a plinth during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, Monday, June 19, 2023
A Storm Shadow cruise missile on display at the Paris Air Show in June 2023.

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Russia and Iran's 'unprecedented' military ties worried the US, but it's starting to look like Russia can't hold up its end of the deal

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, at a summit in Samarkand in September.

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The Ukrainians are begging Western countries for F-16s, but they've also got their eyes on an often overlooked Swedish jet

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Gripens over Sweden in May 2020.

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Foreigners, some trained by the US, are fighting on both sides in Ukraine, seeking cash and adventure

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Ukrainian civilians receive weapons training from volunteer foreign fighters and Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv in April 2022.

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