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Army veteran becomes the face of Call of Duty’s new bionic hero

November 11, 2025
Twenty years after losing her arm in Baghdad, Army veteran Danielle Green is once again showing what resilience looks like. Green’s likeness and story are the inspiration behind a new Call of Duty operator bundle launching Friday, making her the first female combat veteran to be featured as a playable Call of Duty character. The bundle launches alongside the new game Call of Duty: Black Ops…
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New German sub-hunting plane to operate out of Norway, Iceland

November 11, 2025
BERLIN — The first of eight P-8A Poseidon submarine-hunting aircraft ordered for the German Navy arrived in Berlin last week. The aircraft will serve to ensure no Russian submarines are able to enter the open Atlantic undetected, German officials said. Although based at…
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Beijing commissions third aircraft carrier, first one made in China

November 10, 2025
BANGKOK (AP) — China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state media reported Friday, adding a ship that experts say will help what is already the world’s largest navy expand its power farther beyond its own waters. The official Xinhua news agency said the Fujian had been commissioned Wednesday at a naval base on southern China’s Hainan island in a…
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Germany moves to field a miniature anti-drone missile

November 7, 2025
BERLIN — Germany is set to develop and deploy a miniature missile designed to combat drones inexpensively, with lawmakers approving a funding proposal on Nov. 5. Dubbed SADM, the Small Anti-Drone Missile will be fitted onto Rheinmetall-made Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft vehicles. It is meant to complement the primary weapon, the onboard cannon. The new missile will be produced by MBDA, which has…
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Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US

November 6, 2025
Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to use their own tests as intimidation, experts told Defense News. Trump’s unexpected announcement, which came in the form of an Oct. 29 social media post, surprised many nuclear specialists —…
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