A 'decoy arms race' is playing out in Ukraine, where deception is getting harder and troops have to treat fakes like they're real to fool the enemy

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Ukrainian soldiers conduct maintenance on a camouflaged tank on the Bakhmut frontline as Ukrainian Army conduct operation to target trenches of Russian forces through the Donetsk Oblast amid Russia and Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 24, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers conduct maintenance on a camouflaged tank on the Bakhmut frontline in Donetsk Oblast on July 24, 2023.

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Russian commander could have been fired after outrage from military bloggers who said he was incompetent, ISW said

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Russian Army military vehicle drives along a street in Armyansk.
Russian Army military vehicle drives along a street in Armyansk.

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Tank battles of the kind the Abrams was built for are rare in Ukraine, where tanks aren't often killed in fights with enemy armor

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U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.
U.S. Army M1/A1 Abrams tanks from Charlie company of the 464 Armored Battalion are deployed during task force maneuvers on December 18, 2002, near the Iraqi border in the Kuwaiti.

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Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight

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Three Abrams tanks firing.
US M1 Abrams tanks firing during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise in Ādaži, Latvia, in 2016.

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4 of Russia's deadliest military systems in its war against Ukraine

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A Ka-52
A Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter.

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Russia's desperate need for weapons in Ukraine could be a big win for the North Korean military

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region on September 13, 2023.

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Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter

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A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.
A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.

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Russia's battered Black Sea Fleet is having another bad day after a Ukrainian missile struck its headquarters in Crimea

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The Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol after a Ukrainian missile strike on Friday afternoon.
Photos and videos showed the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters up in flames after a devastating missile strike.

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Ukraine trolls Russia for losing an attack submarine to a country that hardly has a navy

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Russia's improved Kilo-class submarine
Russia's improved Kilo-class submarine "Rostov-on-Don" passes through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 13, 2022.

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The Marine Corps' version of F-35 has a unique feature that could have played a role in the South Carolina crash

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An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.
An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.

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