For only the second time in its history, the US Navy is beginning the slow, tricky process of taking apart a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf in August 2013.

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Surprise resort trips and empty hotel rooms reveal how Russia's plan for an easy victory in Ukraine fell apart

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A destroyed hotel in Kyiv after a Russian missile attack on December 31, 2022.

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Moscow's 'special' forces: An inside look at how Russia's famed Spetsnaz really operate

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Russian Spetsnaz troops in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in May 2021.

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40 years ago, a US Navy aircraft carrier ran aground as thousands of sailors' families watched

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USS Enterprise.

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After a year of heavy losses, Ukraine's military is juggling a 'very uneven' force as it prepares for major fighting, expert says

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Ukrainian National Guard members train on a BTR-4E armored personnel carrier in the Kharkiv region on April 21.

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Russia wanted a quick victory in Ukraine, and it sent its spies after Ukrainian nuclear power plant workers to make it happen

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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022.
A guard with a Russian flag on his uniform near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in August 4.

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US Army Special Operations Command's workhorse helicopter is getting upgrades to replace parts that are nearly 50 years old

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A US Army Special Operations MH-47G Block II Chinook.

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Russia's military has been preparing for a drone-filled battlefield, and even its cooks are being trained to shoot them down

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A Russian army chef with officers at the Vostok 2018 exercise in Russia's Far East in September 2018.

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China says its newest aircraft carrier will be able to launch 'new-type aircraft'

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China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in Shanghai during its launch ceremony on June 17, 2022.

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How Ukraine's artillery is doing more damage than Russia's, even with fewer rounds

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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery toward Marinka on January 15, 2023.

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