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NATO trials naval drones in Baltic Sea demo
The alliance wants to ensure that it can monitor ship traffic near sea floor cables and other maritime infrastructure.
Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases
Federal prosecutors said the suspects were arrested by tactical police units early Wednesday at various locations in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Austal launches future expeditionary fast transport
It's the fourth Navy vessel to honor Newport, Rhode Island.
By Carl Prine
Ship seizures included ‘relatively new’ Iranian surface to air missile bound for Houthi rebels in Yemen
Anti-tank missiles “don’t just walk away without the sanction of the Iranian government.”
By Shawn Snow
Esper to allies: Picking Huawei risks intel and security ties with the US
The top Pentagon official has called out Beijing as America’s main adversary.
By Joe Gould
US warship boards small boat and seizes Iranian anti-tank guided missiles among other advanced weaponry
Weapons and sensitive tech captured during the ship boarding included 150 Dehlavieh anti-tank guided missiles, three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, Iranian thermal scopes, and Iranian parts for unmanned systems, among other advanced parts.
By Shawn Snow
Seventy-five years later, the Netherlands honors the ‘Black Liberators’ who helped end the Nazi occupation
In 1944, Allied forces began liberating the Netherlands from Nazi occupation. Among these soldiers were black GIs whose role in the liberation had largely been overlooked in historical accounts. Now, the Black Liberators Project seeks to highlight the service and sacrifice of these soldiers, including the 172 buried in Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten.
By Dylan Gresik
Op-ed: Why a drug that fueled the Nazi war machine now plagues America
Troops called it “tank chocolate” or “pilot’s salt.”
By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
German city to honor WWII airmen executed after surviving B-17 crash
Joseph Prokop, then 22, survived the downing of the bomber only to be captured by the Germans and summarily executed after a Gestapo officer learned one of his crewmates was Jewish.
By David Singleton, The (Scranton, Pa.) Times-Tribune via the AP
Best pics of the week: Feb. 2, 2020
The Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group transits the Pacific, Marine helocast training, an Army live-fire exercise in Slovenia and more of the best photos from around the military.
The Wakanda of the Western Hemisphere
Haiti's Black Panther was King Henry I.
By Marlene Daut, University of Virginia