See the US Air Force's 'Franken-bird' F-35 made from wrecked stealth fighters take its first flight
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As the Russian military loses its grip in Syria, the US considers pulling its troops
Syria is fractured by competing armies but who holds power and where may be shifting as the US eyes an exit.
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Navy SEAL candidates have been swimming in waters contaminated by fecal matter, watchdog reports
A recently released Pentagon IG report found that Navy SEAL candidates have been swimming in water with high fecal matter levels.
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What happened when the US military invaded Panama? Overwhelming force and deafening non-stop rock.
Trump's Panama Canal threats are the latest in a long history of US interest and involvement in Panama. America invaded a few decades back.
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Ukrainian drone operators say fiber-optic and AI drones are rare but could radically change the fight because of how hard it is to defeat them
Ukraine's special drone unit isn't seeing widespread use of these systems just yet, but they'd "fundamentally change drone warfare," it said.
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Russia's jamming-resistant drones are causing problems the West may not be able to answer
A series of incidents in Germany could show Russia gaining a technical edge with its jamming-resistant drones.
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Palmer Luckey says his entire career has led to this moment — scoring a $22 billion US Army contract for high-tech goggles
Anduril announced on Tuesday that it's taking over Microsoft's 10-year contract to make mixed-reality goggles for soldiers.
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Warfare experts rate 13 'Lord of the Rings' battles for realism
How realistic are the famous battles scenes from 'Lord of the Rings'? Warfare experts break down what's realistic and what's pure fantasy.
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Russia is sending 'hundreds' of its war wounded for treatment in North Korea, ambassador says
The Russian soldiers would be treated in North Korean medical facilities, said Matsegora, Moscow's longtime diplomat to Pyongyang.
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What's wrong with US shipbuilding? A top Trump advisor called it an 'absolute mess' as Musk's DOGE eyes military waste
The US Navy's shipbuilding problems are widespread and not easily solvable, and many of its top programs are over budget and delayed.
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Drone headsets sent to Russian troops were booby-trapped to explode when switched on, state media says
Russian soldiers received a batch of sabotaged drone headsets that were modified to explode when they were switched on, Russian media reported.
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Russian troops are turning to donkeys for battlefield transport as the war approaches its 3-year mark
"There's nothing wrong with this," a State Duma defense committee member said of the donkeys, citing "significant difficulties" with logistics.
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US military troops come in active-duty, Guard, and reserve forces. Here's what each one does.
US military forces do a lot at home and abroad, but the different types of troops and the rules for each can be confusing.
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Chinese construction risks turning the Yellow Sea into a flashpoint
South Korean spy satellites recently detected a telltale sign of Chinese expansionism in the Yellow Sea: a new structure.
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Pages have been disappearing from government and military websites. Here's what's already purged.
President Trump's defending women executive order prompted all agencies and departments to remove references to gender and other content.
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Trump's pressuring NATO to pay more. An alliance member sitting next to Russia couldn't be happier about it.
Estonia, a NATO member near Russia, spends more of its GDP on defense than the US. It's happy Trump is asking allies to boost spending to 5% of GDP.
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Russia's options to rebuild its military are knotty
With its arsenal depleted and its reputation battered in Ukraine, Russia must make hard choices to rebuild its military power.
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A 'hidden electronic warfare battle' is raging in Ukraine and demanding more from the soldiers fighting it, special drone unit says
Ukraine's special drone unit Typhoon said operators are constantly adapting to prevalent Russian jamming, an invisible ongoing challenge.
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Ukraine says North Korean troops are back on the front lines of Russia's war after disappearing for weeks
North Korean soldiers had been missing from combat, fueling speculation they were pulled back after taking heavy losses.
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How Navy submarine cooks feed 150 sailors at sea
Aboard the Virginia-class submarine USS South Dakota, culinary specialists work in tight quarters to prepare meals for up to 150 crew members.
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Russia could be allowed to keep its military bases, Syria says
Syria says it's open to allowing Russia to keep hold of two key military bases, months after rebel groups ousted Kremlin ally Bashar Assad.
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Inside Ukraine's race to crank out unjammable, fiber-optic drones that can break through Russia's electronic warfare
Ukraine is ramping up fiber-optic drone production to counter Russian electronic warfare.
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Lithuanian drone manufacturer RSI Europe has a simple motto: Help Ukraine win
RSI Europe's flagship products are a first-person-view quadcopter drone and a remote explosives initiation system.
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What transgender troops are saying about a looming ban under Trump
Trump's order targeted "radical gender ideology" in the US military. Advocates and troops are bracing for a harsh ban without regard to readiness.
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Some military services are pausing their sexual assault training to make sure it fits Trump's new orders
The Navy and Marine Corps said that some sexual assault prevention and response training has been paused to ensure compliance.
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Real drone warfare isn't like playing Call of Duty, a special Ukrainian unit says, but gamers make great drone pilots
Ukraine's special drone unit Typhoon said gamers have the skillset needed for the complexities and speed of drone operations.
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US destroyers in the Red Sea conflict defeated enemy weapons without firing a shot, changing the way warships fight
Documents obtained by Business Insider disclose multiple incidents where US Navy destroyers used "non-kinetic" capabilities to defeat Houthi drones.
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Russia likely lost 1,500 troops a day for the last 3 months, straining its ability to replace them
Russia's war casualties, dead and injured, have risen sharply in recent months, according to reports, straining its ability to replace losses.
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US tactics are taking shape for fighting a potent new threat — low-cost drones
Low-cost drones have been used as cheap and effective weapons in conflicts like Ukraine. The US is rapidly developing its own ways to counter them.
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Russia's problems in Ukraine don't mean it's unable to attack the West. NATO allies warn its war machine is spun up and as dangerous as ever.
Russia is on a war footing and pumping out weapons, and its struggles in Ukraine don't mean it won't look elsewhere, experts and officials warn.
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How the US Navy's first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the 'Murder Hornet'
The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
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A US Navy pilot narrowly avoided crashing into the sea by as little as 16 feet after a 'catastrophic' failure aboard his aircraft carrier
Documents obtained by Business Insider show how the F/A-18 pilot prevented his fighter jet from crashing into the Indian Ocean.
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Ukraine says it's far along in developing laser weapons to take out Russian drones
Laser weapons could provide Ukraine with a new way of combatting Russian drones, military experts told Business Insider.
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North Korea's forces appear to be the latest 'expendable' army chewed up fighting Russia's war against Ukraine
North Korean troops, largely special ops forces, have suffered high casualty rates in bloody assaults, not unlike prison units.
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Russia is risking non-sanctioned ships to export oil and keep its war economy going
Russia is using non-sanctioned vessels and rerouting others to keep oil exports going, maritime data shows, but risks sanctions on even more ships.
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Ukrainian commander says North Korean soldiers charged his unit 'like in a World War II movie' during combat
The commander described the North Korean troops as "cannon fodder" and said their behavior in combat was erratic.
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Russia's Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets deal isn't a silver bullet for Iran's battered air defenses
Iran looks to be getting Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, but they won't fill the gaps in Iran's degraded air defenses against adversaries like Israel.
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Ukrainian commander who invaded Russia said his troops had no idea that's where they were going until the last minute
The commander said his forces didn't know they were going into Russia until the day before. The surprise assault caught Moscow completely off guard.
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Moscow's oil exports are under pressure as Western sanctions hit Russia's 'shadow fleet'
The "shadow fleet" comprises often aging, uninsured ships that aim to evade sanctions on Russian energy exports.
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The Kremlin's medical system is likely overloaded as Russian soldiers on crutches keep appearing at the front line: UK intel
The UK's assessment comes as several videos that recently went viral showed men in Russian fatigues and crutches navigating forests and an open field.
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What is Trump's Iron Dome for America? A next-generation missile shield and a return to Reagan's 'Star Wars' program
Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star Wars."
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The West is seeing Kim Jong Un's army in action. The North Korean soldiers are brutal zealots undeterred in the face of death.
North Korean soldiers are capable, incredibly disciplined, and willing to die before they're captured. But they're also new to modern combat.
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The Pentagon is changing which media outlets have the closest access
The changes — which a Pentagon memo said were intended to "broaden access" — are set to take effect on February 14.
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Now is 'the worst possible time' for the West to cut Ukraine support given Russia's woes, a former top US general says
"I really believe that Russia is in very bad shape, not just from their military, but also their economy," a former top US Army general said.
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Ukraine says it's developing upgraded versions of the Chinese-made Mavic drone
Ukraine is working on upgraded versions of the Chinese-made Mavic drone, developers told Business Insider, to overcome supply and technology issues.
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See Lockheed's cutting-edge $50 million stealth ship the US Navy couldn't find a use for
Lockheed's radical Sea Shadow provided valuable insights into adapting stealth technology for the sea. Its influence lives on.
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The US military is still relying on Greenland for defense in the Arctic even as Trump's ambitions stir tensions
President Trump's desire to buy Greenland, which state secretary Rubio confirmed was "no joke," has raised tensions between the US and Denmark.
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Commander describes the moment a US Navy destroyer blasted an enemy drone out of the sky with a 5-inch deck gun
USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.
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How sniping actually works, according to a former Marine scout sniper
Johnathan Taylor served as a scout sniper in the United States Marine Corps. He is now the president of the USMC Scout Sniper Association.
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