How building fake aircraft carriers and destroyers in the desert could be helping China better threaten the US Navy

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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Jan. 5, 2024.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Jan. 5, 2024.

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US intel shows China's army had missiles filled with water instead of fuel in a corruption scandal that led to Xi's military purge: Bloomberg

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Chinese soldiers sit atop mobile rocket launchers, with crowds of people in the background.
Chinese soldiers atop mobile rocket launchers in a parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 2019 to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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Fears grow that Ukraine could run out of US-supplied Patriot missiles

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Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.
Patriot missile is fired during PATRIOT SPARK 23 exercise at the Black Sea training range in Capu Midia, Constanta, Romania, November 15, 2023.

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Massive Russian missile strike sounded like 'Armageddon,' Ukrainian lawmaker recalls after blast blew her windows out

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A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A firefighter walks along a street in front of a burning building in Podilskyi district after a Russian missile attack on Jan. 2, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Russian warplane accidentally bombed its own side during a massive missile attack on Ukraine

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Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.
Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024.

REUTERS/Yevhen Kotenko

Ukraine says it deployed its 'FrankenSAM' air-defense systems made from stitching together US and Soviet weapons

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A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.
A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.

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Iran-backed Houthis threaten to 'sink' the US and allied warships that keep shooting their stuff out of the sky

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship's Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct.

Houthi attacks are soaring, and it's not just the US Navy shooting their weapons out of the sky

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The French Navy frigate Languedoc.
The French Navy frigate Languedoc.

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US Navy brags in game-day video a destroyer is 22-0 against the missiles and other threats Iran-backed rebels are throwing around

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A missile is fired from the USS Carney.
A missile is fired from the USS Carney.

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US Navy warships don't have to worry much about the missiles the Houthis keep throwing around, but not everyone can say the same

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Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship's Combat Information Center during an operation to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct.
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