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How vulnerable is the continental United States to drone attack? Could a wily adversary cause vast destruction of military ...

The future fight won’t be won by those with the biggest budgets, most polished strategies, or largest armies. It will be won ...

Russia has more friends than Western analysts like to admit, even three years into the Russo-Ukrainian War. While many have ...

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The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is ...

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The future fight won’t be won by those with the biggest budgets, most polished strategies, or largest armies. It will be won ...

Though relatively limited in their duration and destruction, Israel’s airstrikes on Syria last month were conspicuous for ...

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