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Russia is finding new islands in the Arctic, while the US is still trying to figure out how to get up there
"They were in the midst of making final selection on proposals to directly address this very topic …
Christopher Woody
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The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin seal $34 billion deal for the delivery of 478 more F-35 stealth fighters
That specific buy is to include 48 F-35As for the Air Force, 20 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, and ni…
Ryan Pickrell
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Spies stole ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's underwear to help confirm his location before the US raid, Kurdish forces say
The US troops in northeastern Syria had been working with the SDF to fight ISIS militants in Syria,…
Alexandra Ma
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Navy secretary says it was a 'gut blow' when shipbuilder HII finally revealed the seriousness of the problems with the USS Gerald R. Ford's weapons elevators
"Most things have gone very well," HII said. "Some of the newer technologies have been more challen…
Ryan Pickrell
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Here's what we know about Delta Force, the super secretive troops who went after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Since its inception in 1977, it has been involved in several high-profile and high-risk operations,…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Here's a picture of the US military dog that helped take down the ISIS leader in Syria
"We have declassified a picture of the wonderful dog (name not declassified) that did such a GREAT …
David Choi
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ISIS's brutal leader was killed by US Delta Force soldiers. Here's how the elite raid on Baghdadi went down.
Working with informants close to Baghdadi, US, Iraqi, Turkish, and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) i…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Army Special Forces soldiers teamed up with European troops to practice fighting behind enemy lines
The captain was the commander of the SOTG for exercise Saber Junction 19. Approximately 5,400 parti…
Spc. Patrik Orcutt, US Special Operations Command Europe
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US troops took 'substantial parts' of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's body back with them, Trump said - a stark contrast to how Osama bin Laden was buried at sea
The US Navy SEALS who assassinated the former al-Qaeda leader in 2011 faced a similar quandary - bu…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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People are posting parody #WaPoDeathNotices after the Washington Post's obituary of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi called him an 'austere religious scholar'
The headline change also inspired people to write parody headlines, under the hashtag #WaPoDeathNot…
Sahar Esfandiari
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Trump's Baghdadi raid Situation Room photo has one big difference to Obama's bin Laden picture - and it tells you everything about their styles
Trump's White House tried to put this kind of image into the American imagination before. In April …
Jacob Shamsian
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US troops reportedly demolished suspected ISIS leader's building to prevent it from becoming a shrine
Prior to the raid against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011, White House officials decided th…
David Choi
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B-52 bombers deployed to Europe to send a message to Russia - here's how US airmen keep them flying on a moment's notice
The maintainers of the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, deployed …
Senior Airman Stuart Bright, US Air Force
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The USS Gerald R. Ford is setting sail after a 'challenging' 15 months in the shipyard - here's what's next for this $13 billion aircraft carrier
The Ford's crew and industry shipbuilding engineers will work together to validate systems that wer…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy and Marines put an unprecedented number of F-35s out to sea aboard the USS America in the largest test of the 'Lightning Carrier' concept
Thirteen F-35Bs assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wi…
Ryan Pickrell
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A Russian soldier shot dead 8 colleagues and injured 2 others at a military base in Siberia
"At 6:20 p.m. local time on October 25, a serviceman of the repair and maintenance base stationed o…
Will Martin
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The US Air Force may have a stealthy spy drone replacement for the supersonic SR-71 that's secretly been flying for 9 years
At Beale Air Force Base, also in California, the 427th Reconnaissance Squadron was recently re-comm…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Brazil is blaming Venezuela for a mysterious oil spill on its beaches, and it's sending 5,000 troops to clean up the mess
Beaches in the northeast, such as Praia do Futuro, in the state of Ceara, and Maragogi, in Alagoas …
Christopher Woody,Reuters
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ISIS is staging attacks in symbolically important places to send a message: We're back
"The ISIS attacks in Raqqa, you could think of them destabilizing the security forces in that area …
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Videos emerge showing apparent atrocities in northern Syria as US envoy says Turkish-backed rebels have committed war crimes
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, S…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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An internal memo warned that the White House might get hacked again because so many cybersecurity officials have resigned
Questions about White House computer systems have come to light in recent weeks after an intelligen…
Alexandra Ma
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Edward Snowden said he couldn't find any evidence that the government was hiding aliens when he searched through CIA databases
He said, he found no evidence of extraterrestrial life during his time spent snooping through gover…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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The Navy secretary blasted Congress for criticizing the service's $13 billion carrier and threw the shipbuilder under the bus
The development of the ship, while it is progressing, has not exactly gone according to plan, and t…
Ryan Pickrell,Christopher Woody
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The US may still punish Turkey over Syria and Russian weapons - here's how it can avoid making things worse
Similarly, while "maximum pressure" severely damaged Iran's economy, Tehran actually accelerated it…
Enea Gjoza, Defense Priorities
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Half the US Navy's aircraft carrier fleet can't deploy, but the service says it has what it needs to maintain the fleet
While the carrier's commanding officer says the Stennis is in a non-deployable state, according to …