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Cyber Warfare

June 19, 2023

Ukraine War Highlights a New Threat to the American Homeland

Ukraine has become a proving ground for many of the tactics, techniques, and technologies that will transform that next era of warfare. One recent...

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Air Warfare

October 2, 2020

Air Force's A-10 Uniquely Suited to Fight on Europe's Eastern Front

ÄMARI AIR BASE, Estonia—A memorial site for Soviet air force pilots is hidden in the woods just outside the gates of this NATO air base. Some of the...

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U.S. Navy

October 2, 2020

High Stakes for the U.S. Navy as It Wages War on ISIS

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

Freedom Isn't Free: Independence Day Reminder From Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine—I arrived in Ukraine for the first time in July 2014, three years ago this month. I originally planned to stay for three weeks.

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

Ukraine's Forever War

KYIV, Ukraine—On May 13, an artillery shell fired from within separatist-controlled territory landed in a residential neighborhood of Avdiivka, a...

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

Russia Ignites Violence in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine—With the world’s eyes on London the day after a lethal terror attack outside of Parliament, a series of violent incidents swept across...

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 2, 2020

"Humanitarian Disaster": As the War in Ukraine Escalates

KYIV, Ukraine—Artillery and rockets have been raining down on the front-line town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine since Sunday, leaving 16,000...

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 3, 2020

The Two Largest Land Armies in Europe on the Edge of War

KYIV, Ukraine—A planned missile test over the Black Sea spurs a Kremlin threat to shoot down the missiles and possibly target the launch sites. An...

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Russo-Ukraine War

October 3, 2020

"We Need to Know We're Not Alone"

Ukraine’s Soldiers Carry the Burden of a Nation at War MARINKA, Ukraine—As the war in Ukraine nears its fourth calendar year, Ukrainian troops remain...

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