British commandos have trained hundreds of Ukrainian marines in the 'art' of amphibious raids

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Ukrainian marines being trained in the UK in August 2023.

UK Ministry of Defence/LPhot Mark Johnson

NATO's 2 least-friendly members have a history of aerial showdowns, and they're both about to get new stealth jets

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a TF KAAN during a ceremony in Ankara on May 1.

Mehmet Kaman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

In a US showdown with China, there are some missions with no special-operations 'easy button'

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A competitor in the US Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in March 2022.

US Army/K. Kassens

Ukraine is stepping up its drone war against Russia, and now it's Moscow turn to reassemble decades-old air-defense weapons

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Investigators examine a damaged skyscraper in Moscow's business district after a reported drone attack on July 30.

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Saudi Arabia wants to buy its way into a major 6th-gen fighter jet project, but not all its potential partners are welcoming

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British RAF Tempest fighter jet
An illustration of the future Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet, released in December 2020.

British Royal Air Force

The war in Ukraine is pushing Russia away from its WWII-style artillery strategy, and experts say it's 'a concerning trend'

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Russian troops fire an artillery piece during exercises in the Rostov Region in April 2020.

REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

The US and Chinese air forces are rethinking whether it's possible to control the air

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Destroyed Ukrainian fighter jet wreckage in Kherson
The wreckage of a Ukrainian fighter jet in a field in Kherson in January.

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South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles

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South Korean navy missile
A South Korean frigate fires a missile during a drill to counter a North Korean ICBM test in July 2017.

South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images

Huge purchases of tanks and helicopters suggest Poland is borrowing a battlefield idea from the US Army

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Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at a ceremony for the delivery of 14 US-made Abrams tanks in Szczecin on June 28.

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The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy

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A US Army CH-47 helicopter over Cyprus in January 2020.

US Army/Maj. Robert Fellingham

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