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DefenseNewly released photos capture British commandos and American forces hunting down a narco-sub carrying $209 million of cocaine in the Caribbean
- British and American forces intercepted a narco-sub carrying $209 million in cocaine in the Caribbean.
- Military photos show the Royal Marines, along with US Coast Guard personnel, busting the drug run.
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US forces are going to help Japan get its destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier ready to fly F-35 stealth fighters
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New videos show back-to-back strikes on a Russian bridge as Ukraine knocks them out in its invasion
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The US Army is looking into artillery shells that fly farther after its new cannon projects flopped
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The US Navy is about to launch a submarine built for a mixed-gender crew, the first of its kind
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Ukraine is fielding machine-gun turrets remotely controlled by the Steam Deck video game system made for playing Halo
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This is the conflict-ridden, tension-filled world that the next US president may have to face
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Ukraine is getting more Bradleys from the US as the fighting vehicles prove to be among the most valuable armor in the war
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American F-35 stealth fighters landed on a highway in Europe for the first time in training with one of NATO's newest allies
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General says the Marine Corps 'stole' the narco-sub idea from drug runners to move missiles and more
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A US ally in the Pacific just took an important step toward adding nuclear-powered submarines to its fleet
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This new air-to-air missile appears to be the US Navy's answer to the growing reach of China's weapons
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A US Navy chief who wanted WiFi on her warship secretly ran an illegal Starlink network that she named 'STINKY': report
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A US Navy warship commander was relieved of duty over a 'loss of confidence' 4 months after he was photographed firing a rifle with a backward scope
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Japan accuses China of sailing into its waters just days after a Chinese spy plane violated Japanese airspace
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The US is ramping up spending on anti-tank missiles to replenish stockpiles amid the Ukraine war and commitments to Taiwan
The $1.3 billion contract for more Javelin portable anti-tank missiles is a follow-on award to last…
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Ukraine just dismissed the commander of its air force after losing an F-16 and a pilot in a battle against Russian missiles
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New interactive map shows 245 targets in Russia that Ukraine could hammer with ATACMS if the US would let it
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The US Navy has no aircraft carriers deployed in Pacific as Middle East conflicts pull the Pentagon's focus from China
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