A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China

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Aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq
Al Asad Airbase in Iraq's western Anbar desert.

AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

Another one of America's adversaries just unveiled a new drone that closely resembles the US military's combat-proven MQ-9 Reaper

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This image released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, shows Iran's new drone in an undisclosed location.
This image released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, shows Iran's new drone in an undisclosed location.

Iranian Defense Ministry via AP

Russia's secretly trying to make its arsenal of exploding drones bigger and deadlier, leaked documents say

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Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Remain of a Russian-made Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv on May 12, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Oleksii Samsonov /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

A fierce naval battle 35 years ago shows how destructive another US showdown with Iran could get

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US Navy Persian Gulf tanker convoy
US Navy guided-missile frigate USS Hawes leads a reflagged tanker and two US warships in a convoy in the Persian Gulf in October 1987.

US Navy/PH2 Elliot

Commercial ships told to stay far away from Iran due to a heightened possibility of attack or seizure

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Iran's naval special forces carrying by a military speedboat past a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran.

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America's foes are teaming up to push the US military out of the Middle East, and it's messing up plans to fight terror

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American soldiers fire from Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.
American soldiers fire from Bradley fighting vehicles during a joint exercise with Syrian Democratic Forces at the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.

AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad

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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US Navy video shows a dozen Iranian fast-attack boats swarming an oil tanker in its latest maritime seizure

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A screenshot of a video showing fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023.
A screenshot of a video showing fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023.

US Navy photo

Russia's Iranian-made drones are powered by German technology stolen 17 years ago, experts say

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The wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine.
The wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine.

Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File

Russia is using a new delivery of Iran's Shahed drones to strike Ukraine to make up for a lack of precision munitions, reports say

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Russia Iran Shahed-136 drone Kyiv Ukraine
A Russian drone, considered by Ukrainian authorities to be an Iranian-made Shahed-136, over Kyiv on October 17, 2022.

REUTERS/Roman Petushkov

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