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Ukraine made realistic decoys of radars and missile systems and may have even tricked the Russians into taking a shot at one
Ukraine's been upping its decoy game, according to photos and videos of fake weapons. They're good …
Chris Panella
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Ukraine and the US are mixing weapon systems that weren't built to play together to up Kyiv's defenses, and apparently they work
Ukraine's Air Force said they'd successfully used US missiles in Soviet Buk-M1 antiaircraft systems…
Chris Panella
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I tried eating, exercising, sleeping, and spending 'perfectly' for a week - and realized I've been approaching my goals all wrong
Courtesy of Anna Arsenault I wanted to be the most productive, functional person I can be, all w…
Hannah Schaffer
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Elon Musk blasted the FAA for canceling SpaceX's Starship flight following a reported launch license violation
The Federal Aviation Administration scrubbed SpaceX's flight of Starship SN9 on Thursday. The Verge…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch SpaceX try launching a new Starship rocket 6 miles above Texas on Tuesday
A full-scale, 16-story Starship prototype called SN9 may finally launch and land, after Elon Musk q…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk seems furious that SpaceX has to split Space Force contracts worth billions with his biggest rival, ULA
After days of silence, the founder and CEO of SpaceX tore into United Launch Alliance, which won a …
Dave Mosher
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How SpaceX outmaneuvered Blue Origin and other rivals to clinch a prized Space Force launch agreement worth billions
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, not only managed to get the rules of the competition changed, but als…
Dave Mosher
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The US Air Force says the Valkyrie drone launched another drone in a first for the aircraft
On its sixth flight test, the Valkyrie drone also flew higher and faster than it had in previous te…
Ryan Pickrell
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SpaceX's latest rocket launch 'ranks up there with the first Apollo mission,' says a former Pentagon official - here's why
Blue Origin is working on its own relatively affordable heavy-lift rocket system, called New Glenn.…
Dave Mosher
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A lost cargo ship that Russia launched to the space station may have already crashed in the ocean
TASS, a news agency formed during the Soviet Union and also controlled by Russia, cited an unnamed …
Dave Mosher
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Israel's interceptor missiles are under pressure as threats loom larger
Israel's interceptor missiles stocks are running low, according to an FT report, but one security e…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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The US Navy is burning through missiles in the Middle East that it would need in a war with China
Conflicts in the Middle East have raised concerns about the stockpiles of key interceptors the US w…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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The Navy's top ballistic missile interceptor comes with a heavy price tag, but the US can't afford to go to war without it
American warships have fired the multi-million-dollar Standard Missile-3 interceptor twice this yea…
Chris Panella,Jake Epstein
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Chinese scientists claim Star Wars-like laser submarines can blast US satellites
A powerful laser could threaten satellite networks, but there are many reasons to believe this sche…
Michael Peck
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Defeating Russia's massive 6,600-pound glide bomb may mean risking Ukraine's Patriots if it can't take out the fighter-bombers on the ground
The US has restricted Ukraine from using its powerful long-range missiles to strike air bases insid…
Jake Epstein
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Ukraine's using its cheap drones to blind the eyes in the sky guiding Russia's behind-the-lines strikes
Ukraine is getting better at using cheap drones to stop much more expensive Russian drones that dir…
Sinéad Baker
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The US Navy says it can't stop the Houthi attacks on shipping with force alone
Vice Adm. George Wikoff, the commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, said the solution to the…
Jake Epstein
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With Ukraine short on battle tanks like the Abrams, US-made Bradley fighting vehicles are proving their worth
The Bradley has already been tested in previous wars, but it is proving to be an especially useful …
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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Israel is inching toward a wider war and a nasty fight against an enemy poised to bombard it as no other foe has
Israel and Hezbollah have regularly exchanged fire for months, but increasingly escalatory rhetoric…
Jake Epstein
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Armies need their own drone air force flown by specialist soldiers, study says
The air war over Ukraine has become a cat-and-mouse game where drones must constantly evolve to sur…