Here's why the US is picking a fight with Denmark over Greenland — and what Greenland thinks about it
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Bleak images show snapshots of daily life in the closed world of North Korea
Photos show daily life in remote parts of North Korea and its capital, Pyongyang. Slogans and propaganda are common sights on buildings.
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Pete Hegseth signs memo to shrink Defense Department's workforce in a bid to boost efficiency and 'incentivize top performers'
The DOD will "realign the size" of its civilian workforce and "strategically restructure," the memo said.
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Beyond his bright blue suits, Pete Hegseth's unconventional style is 'operator casual'
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plays the Washington suit game in his own way, but he's got another kind of unusual look — operator casual.
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From F-35s to F-47s, Trump is making turbulence for Lockheed
Some allies are rethinking the F-35 as a new contract decision upends Lockheed's longtime dominance in stealth fighter aircraft.
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Artillery was Russia's 'god of war' long before Ukraine
In the Ukraine war, it is artillery that has enabled tactically clumsy Russian infantry and armor to advance. Stalin once called it the "god of war."
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What is a SCIF? Inside the high-security rooms that keep military secrets safe — unlike a Signal chat
Government and military officials handle classified discussions within SCIF rooms to safeguard top-secret information from adversaries.
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How fighting Russia in Ukraine actually works, according to a Ukrainian army volunteer
Macer Gifford was a volunteer fighter in Ukraine. He discusses what the war against Russia is like on the front lines.
Trump's strengthened airstrikes on Houthi rebels — but it's likely to take months to tell if it makes a difference
Trump has ramped up bombing in Yemen to combat the Houthi rebels. But airstrikes alone may take months, if at all, to deter the Iran-armed group.
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Ukraine's spy agency says Russia believes it must end the war by 2026 or risk falling far behind the US and China
Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of GUR, said Russia fears an extended war would confine it to "forever remain a regional player" in Eastern Europe.
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See inside Greenland's sole US military base, the only place JD Vance is set to visit amid Trump's territorial ambitions
Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance will visit Pituffik Space Base, the US military's base in Greenland dating back to World War II.
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The shipbuilding industrial base is warning that the US Navy's aircraft carrier delay could be a disaster
Without a start date for CVN 82, USS William J. Clinton, thousands of suppliers are worried their production lines will go cold.
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NATO's newest ally is sending its Gripen jets made for war with Russia out to patrol alliance borders for the first time
Sweden sent its Gripen jets to a NATO air defense mission in Poland, shifting from conducting missions only over its own territory.
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The UK plans to put its DragonFire laser weapon on 4 of its warships
The UK is moving forward with plans to deploy its new DragonFire laser weapon on warships. Lasers could offer a cheap defense against aerial threats.
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Why hunting submarines could get a lot harder as the seas heat up
Submarines need to operate stealthily and quietly. In some areas, warming waters and changing salinity levels could make that easier.
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Ukraine says its latest attack on a Russian air base blew up 96 cruise missiles
Ukraine said a recent attack on Russia's Engels-2 air base destroyed 96 cruise missiles. Satellite images show blackened craters.
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Trump is making some US allies question the F-35, creating a golden opportunity for European defense companies
Trump's actions have caused some US allies to reconsider their commitment to buying F-35s. It could be a big opportunity for European jet makers.
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Inside a Ukrainian company making exploding unjammable drones built to beat Russia's electronic warfare
Business Insider visited a Ukrainian company making fiber-optic drones in Kyiv. This is what it's like inside the operation.
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Ukrainian F-16 pilot says Russia's battlefield actions show its troops think NATO jets are higher quality and fear them
"They are afraid to approach us," the pilot said. "After all, there is a living person sitting there, too, who also does not want to die."
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See photos of Camp Century, a secret US military base built beneath Greenland's ice sheet
Camp Century was built to store nukes beneath Greenland's ice. See photos of the underground, "Star Wars"-like site.
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What is good OPSEC? Not putting attack plans in a Signal chat.
OPSEC, or operational security, is a military priority. Accidentally sharing combat action plans over an unsecured app is what they want to avoid.
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31 rare photos of Kim Jong Un and his family
The Kim family has ruled North Korea since 1948. Photos show Kim Jong Un's relatives, from his grandfather to his daughter, who may lead one day.
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Am I the JD Vance of my group chat?
The Signal group chat with officials like Pete Hegseth talking about war is serious. It's also a view into texting styles. Turns out, I'm a JD Vance.
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I'm a veteran and military spouse. Getting fired by the government makes me feel like the US doesn't care about us who've served.
Kira Carrigan said her sudden firing has done more than scramble her plans — it's made her question the US's appreciation for military families.
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Russia is dangling the prospect of major economic deals with the US, while pursuing its aggressive goals in Ukraine
Russia is raising tantalizing economic deals with the US in Ukraine peace talks. Space, Arctic economic exploration, and energy are potential areas.
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Taiwan has a new all-purpose sea attack drone after watching how Ukraine smashed Russia's Black Sea Fleet
The Endeavor Manta displaces just five tons of water, but CSBC hopes it can be used as a drone jammer, loitering munition, and to fire torpedoes.
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See the competing F-47 stealth fighter jet concepts from Boeing, Lockheed, and more that led to the Air Force's NGAD
See the evolution of Boeing's design of the F-47, a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet, compared with competing NGAD concepts from Lockheed and others.
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Veterans are roasting top Trump officials over their Signal group chat
Military social media is filled with memes about Trump officials' use of Signal to discuss plans for airstrikes on Yemen.
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An oil pumping station in Russia burned for a week after a drone strike. The company says it's affected shareholders.
A Russian oil pumping station burned for a week after a drone strike. CPC said oil transfer is halted, impacting its international shareholders.
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Trump's F-47 decision is upsetting Lockheed's dominance in the stealth fighter game
Lockheed has been a leader in stealth aircraft, playing a prominent role in both US fifth-gen fighters. It won't be building the first sixth-gen jet.
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Here's how a top satellite imagery company plans to fly drones through intense GPS jamming
Maxar Intelligence has announced Raptor, which it says is a "first-of-its-kind" software for navigating drones in contested environments without GPS.
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US allies in the Middle East are racing to get new laser defense weapons
Cheap drones are exposing gaps in current air defense systems, and countries in the Middle East are looking to laser weapons for answers.
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I'm a military spouse and thought solo parenting would be fine while my husband was deployed. Then I got pregnant.
Naomi Carmen's military husband was gone a third of the year for three years. She'd been a single mom and thought it'd be fine but pregnancy changed that.
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Meet the little robot helping Ukrainian deminers clean up the massive mess of buried Russian explosives
Russia's invasion has turned Ukraine into the most heavily mined country in the world. Cleaning it up will take decades.
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Russia is leveling up its Shahed drones with new Chinese antennae to defeat Kyiv's jammers, Ukrainians say
"If there were previously eight channels, now there are 16," said a spokesperson for Ukraine's air force to local TV.
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'Sounds like a huge screwup': Top officials react to report about US leaders texting war plans in a Signal group chat
"Nobody was texting war plans, and that's all I have to say about that," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.
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Ukraine's special operators say they scored a HIMARS hit on Russia's helicopters, including its fearsome Ka-52 attack helos
The Ukrainian military said it fired rockets from US-provided HIMARS launchers to take out four helicopters in Russia.
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Need to call an Uber or Lyft on base? The US Army's opening the gates.
Bases tend to be out away from major metropolitan areas, leaving few transportation options for troops who don't own a car.
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How nets from a Danish fishing village found their way into Ukraine's modern war
Heavy-duty trawl nets have become a hot commodity among Ukrainian troops trying to counter fiber-optic drones and other munitions.
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Denmark's defense committee head said he regrets choosing the F-35: 'We must avoid American weapons if at all possible'
Citing fears that the US may use weapons support as leverage against Denmark, Rasmus Jarlov said buying American weapons is now "a security risk."
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Anduril is considering a UK factory as Europe beefs up military power
The UK defence ministry said Anduril continues to "invest significantly" in the UK and plans to scale rapidly.
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Another US Navy destroyer that fought off missiles in the Red Sea has been sent to guard America's southern border
The USS Spruance left its home port to support efforts to "restore territorial integrity" at the southern border, US Northern Command said.
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Military spouses relied on federal jobs. Then came DOGE.
Military spouses say they rely on the federal government for jobs. When mass firings started, their families were dealt an especially hard blow.
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Russia has lost way more tanks than Ukraine. That's not awful for Putin.
Russia has greater ability to sustain and replace tanks compared with Ukraine despite losing more since the 2022 invasion.
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Ukraine's combat drones are coming from all over the place. It's a good and bad thing.
Ukraine has hundreds of companies making drones, and the many different types make it harder for Russia to counter them. But there are downsides too.
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This molten thermite drone ammo burns through damaged Russian tanks at over 3000 degrees to make sure they stay dead
A Ukrainian company is making ammunition that disperses an incendiary material, small pieces of metal that burn at unbelievably high temperatures.
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The US Army's tank gunners need to improve their aim
Two decades of counterinsurgency wars have taken a toll on the US Army's proficiency in tank gunnery and mechanized warfare.
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New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia
Russia stores its Tu-95 and Tu-160 bomber aircraft at the Engels-2 base and uses these planes to carry out strikes against Ukraine.
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First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, Trump says, and Boeing, not Lockheed, is going to build it
The NGAD is set to succeed the F-22 Raptor, which entered service two decades ago, as the US Air Force's top air dominance fighter.
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