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Middle East

The US appears to have used its missile full of swords in an airstrike in Yemen

By Jared Keller

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Aircraft

Russia says it will fast-track testing of tank-killing robot in Ukraine

By Max Hauptman

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Analysis

What the chances of a war between the US and China actually look like, according to experts

By Jeff Schogol

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Tech & Tactics

In first update in a decade, the Pentagon plans for AI’s increased role in warfare

By Nicholas Slayton

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China

China’s military unveils heads-up display to let soldiers shoot around corners

By Jared Keller

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Analysis

How Ukraine might maintain its Abrams, Challenger, and Leopard tanks to fight Russia

By Jeff Schogol

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Indo-Pacific

India rolls out mortar-toting camo camels for military parade

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

The Air Force is moving forward with a replacement for its decades-old long-range radar

By David Roza

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Army

The Army is readying a new directed energy weapon to swat drone swarms out of the sky

By Jared Keller

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News

The US is officially sending M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

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Analysis

US, Germany reportedly closer to providing tanks to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

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Army

The Army’s futuristic new goggles actually make soldiers less lethal, Pentagon weapons tester says

By Jared Keller

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Africa

US airstrike in Somalia kills roughly 30 al-Shabaab fighters

By Jeff Schogol

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Culture

Watch a German Leopard 2 tank carry a beer and not spill a drop

By Nicholas Slayton

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Aircraft

‘War Thunder’ players are once again leaking sensitive military technology information on a video game forum

By Max Hauptman

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Analysis

Ukraine is getting Strykers from the US. Here’s how it might use them

By Jeff Schogol

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Munitions

US special operators to test an X-wing-like loitering munition

By Jared Keller

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Aircraft

How a Cold War spy plane went from watching the Soviets to watching the weather for NASA

By David Roza

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Aircraft

Sailors brought a dead F/A-18 back to life in just 33 days while at sea

By Max Hauptman

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Air Force

Airmen awarded for daring 2020 long-distance hostage rescue mission in Nigeria

By David Roza

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Analysis

Ukraine finally getting Western tanks

By Jeff Schogol

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Analysis

The Marines have a new ship-killing weapons system to counter China

By Jeff Schogol

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News

Ukraine riffs on classic Chevy commercial to ask for M1 Abrams tanks

By Max Hauptman

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Africa

The Air Force’s newest rescue helicopter just pulled off its first life-or-death save during a deployment

By David Roza

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Branch

Here comes the Navy’s laser fleet

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

War game shows just how brutal China’s battle for Taiwan would be

By David Roza

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Air Force

Watch 24 C-17s roll out from an Air Force base in a matter of minutes

By Max Hauptman

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Air Force

Here’s why raunchy military call signs keep showing up on flight trackers

By Jeff Schogol

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Air Force

‘I’m gonna miss you’ – Airman says goodbye to 65-year-old tanker he spent 12 years fixing

By David Roza

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Afghanistan

Why airmen had to hotwire hundreds of cars during the Afghan airlift

By David Roza

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News

The Pentagon won’t comment on Russia’s fears of psychic weapons

By Nicholas Slayton

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Analysis

Here’s how Ukraine could use the Bradley Fighting Vehicles it’s getting from the US, experts say

By Jeff Schogol

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Artillery

North Korea is developing a HIMARS for nuclear missiles

By Jeff Schogol

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Air Force

Air Force test fires its latest missile configuration for the new F-15EX

By Max Hauptman

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Air Force

This unusual new Air Force tactic is likely raising alarms in China, expert says

By David Roza

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Branch

The Navy is fixing this warship’s insane rust buildup

By Jared Keller

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Artillery

Ukraine is using its old tanks as artillery amid trench warfare in Bakhmut

By Nicholas Slayton

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Culture

The Army has an M1 Abrams tank named ‘Chewbacca,’ which feels right

By Nicholas Slayton

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Tech & Tactics

Here is your periodic reminder that Bradley Fighting Vehicles are not tanks [Updated]

By Nicholas Slayton

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Air Force

Former POW recalls captivity in Vietnam on New Year’s Eve 1972, months before his release

By Jeff Schogol

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Aircraft

US troops conducted 313 missions and killed 686 ISIS fighters in 2022

By Jeff Schogol

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Air Force

How airmen overcame -77 degree weather, frostnip to fix a C-130 in Antarctica

By David Roza

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Aircraft

The US is officially sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

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Aircraft

The Russian military continues its drone blitz on Kyiv

By Jeff Schogol

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Air Force

B-2 Spirits hit with stand down order following emergency landing

By Nicholas Slayton

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News

The Pentagon says there’s no evidence, yet, that unidentified aerial phenomena are alien

By Nicholas Slayton

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Air Force

Air Force says KC-135 broadcast inappropriate call sign [Updated]

By Jeff Schogol

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Army

Green Berets are testing a new highly mobile 120mm mortar system

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

Worried about China’s air force? Here’s everything you need to know

By David Roza

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Analysis

Why Russia cannot produce enough munitions to keep pace with combat in Ukraine

By Jeff Schogol

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Aircraft

Ukrainian drones are making life hell for Russian troops in Crimea

By Jared Keller

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Branch

Navy warship USS Fallujah honors 2 of the hardest-fought battles of the Iraq War

By Jeff Schogol

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Analysis

Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles will give light infantry units added punch

By Jeff Schogol

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Munitions

Russia has expended so much ammo in Ukraine it’s now dipping into 40-year-old stockpiles

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

The Air Force just successfully tested a fully operational hypersonic weapon for the first time

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

Air Force to start retiring A-10 Warthogs after a decade of legislative wrangling

By Jeff Schogol

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Branch

This amphibious recon vehicle might end up replacing the Marine Corps’ decades-old LAV fleet

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

B-2 Spirit makes emergency landing, catches fire, following malfunction

By Nicholas Slayton

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Army

An Army M1 Abrams tank named ‘Daddy’s Belt’ is now keeping watch over Europe

By Jared Keller

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Air Force

Old Air Force A-10 Warthog learns new trick: Covering fire for B-1B bombers

By David Roza

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Army

The Army wants one shoulder-launched munition to rule them all

By Jared Keller

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Branch

Navy sailors used laser rifles to ward off an Iranian boat in the Strait of Hormuz

By Jared Keller

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Aircraft

Everything we know about the Army’s new Black Hawk replacement, the Bell V-280 Valor

By Max Hauptman

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Afghanistan

‘Land, load ’em, go’ — How Army helicopter crews risked their lives to save 10,000 during Afghanistan evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

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