China doesn't have the military power to successfully invade Taiwan, the majority of 52 US experts said in a survey

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Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.
Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.

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The Houthi rebels' leader threatened earlier that a US strike would only make the group launch fiercer attacks in the Red Sea

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Houthi fighters brandish their weapons and shout anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024.
Houthi fighters brandish their weapons and shout anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024.

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The US is piling huge amounts of firepower into the Red Sea to combat Houthi attacks on vital shipping routes

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Houthi loyalists show off their weapons in Amran province, Yemen, on December 20, 2023.

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A US Air Force Osprey crashed near Japan with 6 on board, the latest in a string of fatal accidents

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An MV-22 Osprey assault support aircraft departing off the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge on June 8 in the Baltic Sea.

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Israel's liberal use of large US-made bombs accounts for the high civilian casualty toll in Gaza, military experts say: 'It's beyond anything that I've seen in my career'

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A ball of fire and smoke rise from an explosion on a Palestinian apartment tower following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City.
A ball of fire and smoke rise from an explosion on a Palestinian apartment tower following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City.

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The US may no longer be able to fight more than one major war at a time

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U.S. soldiers 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Battalion Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Washington participate in Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercise on March 7, 2011 in Pocheon, South Korea.

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'Routine' helicopter mission in the Mediterranean leaves 5 US service members dead

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An MH-60S Sea Hawk conducts hoisting exercises aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford.

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The US is quietly arming Taiwan against a Chinese invasion — but it could backfire

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US President Joe Biden (R) and China's President Xi Jinping (L) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on November 14, 2022.

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The 3,000-year history of tunnel warfare shows how hard it's going to be for Israel to root out Hamas

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The commanding officer of an armored unit receives a message at his HQ located in a tunnel.

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Republicans clash for hours on the Senate floor as tempers flare over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of military promotions

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Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

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