Russia's complex defenses are a brutal test for Ukrainian troops' close-quarters-combat skills

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Ukrainian soldiers during trench assault and clearing training at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center in June 2017.

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Air forces are ditching runways to prepare their jets to keep operating when enemies aim for their bases

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A US Air Force A-10 lands on a Michigan highway in August 2021.

US Air Force/Master Sgt. Scott Thompson

Russia has been scrambling to find missiles to fire at Ukraine, but it's not going to run out of them

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A Tochka-U missile fragment on the ground after an attack at the railway station in Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022.

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NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia

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Norwegian Ula-class submarine Utstein during a NATO exercise in the North Sea in August 2003.

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Israel's workhorse Merkava tank could soon be refilling foreign arsenals depleted by the war in Ukraine

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An Israeli Merkava tank trains in the Golan Heights in March 2008.

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Erdogan's future is in doubt, but Turkey's ties to Russia and tensions with the US aren't going anywhere

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A garbage collector walks by a bus with an image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on May 10.

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Russia's scramble to find microchips for its weapons hints at struggles the US and China could face in a future war

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Components of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles on display in Kyiv in February.

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Surprise drone attacks hint at how Ukraine is going after Russia's missile 'chokepoints'

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Russian troops with an Iskander missile at an event outside of Moscow in June 2015.

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Ukraine's special operators have been 'taking it to the Russians,' the head of US Special Operations Command says

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Ukrainian special operators train with Romanian and US Army Special Forces soldiers in Romania in May 2021.

Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits

How the US Air Force's 2 newest fighter jets stack up

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F-15EXs in flight in March 2021.

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