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(Dec. 01, 2020) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise. This event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested, marking the Navy’s transition to a more advanced capability for the fleet. Block V includes an upgrade that will enhance navigation performance and provide robust and reliable communications. Chafee is currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and is homeported in Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Sean Ianno/Released) (Dec. 01, 2020) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise. This event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested, marking the Navy’s transition to a more advanced capability for the fleet. Block V includes an upgrade that will enhance navigation performance and provide robust and reliable communications. Chafee is currently assigned to Carrier Strike Group ONE and is homeported in Pearl Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Sean Ianno/Released)

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The Iran War Just Entered a More Dangerous Phase — Six Straight Nights of US Strikes, and Retaliation Felt From Bahrain to Jordan

The Iran war has entered a more dangerous phase: six consecutive nights of US airstrikes on missile sites, coastal defenses, and energy infrastructure, answered...

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Trump Is Threatening to Bomb Iran’s ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ — a Nuclear Site Buried So Deep American Bombs May Not Be Able to Kill It

Trump is threatening to strike Pickaxe Mountain — Iran's underground nuclear complex a mile from Natanz — if Tehran doesn't deescalate. Analysts say its...

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The CIA Just Put a Number on How Long a Russian Recruit Survives in Ukraine — and It’s Measured in Minutes, Not Days or Weeks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Wednesday a Russian recruit's average life expectancy on the battlefield is twenty to thirty minutes, crediting Ukraine's AI-powered drones....

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The CIA Director Said It Out Loud: A Russian Recruit’s Life Expectancy on the Ukrainian Front Is Twenty to Thirty Minutes

CIA Director Ratcliffe says a Russian recruit's life expectancy at the front is now 20 to 30 minutes, crediting cheap AI-guided Ukrainian drones —...

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America’s Iran Campaign Just Hit Seven Straight Nights of Strikes — and Now They’re Cutting Water and Power in the Extreme Heat

The US completed a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran early Saturday, expanding to bridges and rail around Bandar Abbas. Tehran says a...

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Explosions Just Rocked the Air Base That Houses Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet — and Moscow Isn’t Saying What Happened There

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast, home to the Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers that launch cruise missiles at Ukrainian cities...

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Trump Just Said ‘We Have Other People That Will Do the Ground Campaign for Us’ — a Cryptic Tease as the Iran War Hits Its Limits

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Putin’s Own Former Prime Minister Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud — Ukraine Has Moved the War Deep Into Russia, Even to Moscow

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov told ABC News that Ukraine's long-range campaign has moved the war onto Russian soil — even to Moscow....

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Putin’s New Ukraine Problem Might Be the Thing That Sparks A War with NATO

A Russian dissident living in Latvia who ABC News describes as “once one of the most powerful men in Russia,” Mikhail Kasyanov, believes that...

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Something About the Claim That a Russian Soldier Lasts Twenty Minutes in Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up — and the Numbers Prove It Out

CIA Director John Ratcliffe told a defense forum that the average Russian recruit survives twenty to thirty minutes on the battlefield — in line...

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Putin’s Approval Just Took Its Steepest One-Week Dive in Nearly Four Years — and the Bad News Comes From the Kremlin’s Own Pollsters

Polling published Friday by two Kremlin-linked survey groups shows Putin's approval taking its steepest weekly drop since the September 2022 mobilization, with FOM measuring...

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The Strike That Killed Khamenei Was Supposed to End This War Fast — Nearly Five Months Later, Trump Has No Good Options Left

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Russians Just Stopped Vacationing in Putin’s Prized Crimea — and the Quiet Reason Says Everything About How This War Is Going

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Sanctions battered Russia's economy but never broke it: Europe still buys Russian fuel indirectly at higher prices, and a shadow payment network moves enough...

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Some of Russia's wealthiest businessmen — including figures reportedly close to Putin — are quietly moving assets abroad, Bloomberg reports, favoring Dubai, the Gulf,...

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North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...

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Russia Is Quietly Handing North Korea Some of Its Most Dangerous Military Secrets

The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...

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China and Russia Are Supposed to Be Partners. In North Korea, Xi Just Made a Move That Exposes the Rivalry Beneath

Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...

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