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The images from the scene suggest an unfamiliar drone-launched weapon attacked Abu Khayr al-Masri's sedan with extreme precision and little collateral damage.

With plenty of room to spare, no less

Joseph brings a unique set of skills to site, and adding a talented writer will provide more capacity to cover more stories in increasingly creative ways.

More evidence that some sort of nuclear incident has occurred in the increasingly tense and strategic region.

The BUFF is only getting finer with age, and in recent months it has been busy in the Middle East dropping hundreds of tons smart bombs on Islamic State fighters' foreheads.

Increased levels of radioactive iodine isotopes have been detected across Europe, and now the deployment of the Air Force's WC-135 "Constant Phoenix" atmosphere-sniffing jet has deepened the mystery.

The J-20's range just got longer and its flexibility enhanced.

There's one special place where these videos are shot: a Mecca for naval aviation training near a rural town along the southern California border.

Just another ominous reminder that weaponized unmanned systems are increasingly the weapon of choice of non-state actors and militant groups.

The presence of the spy ship has become a very hot (and overblown) topic in the media.

Its fate in the air for years, the antique carrier has finally been denied a refit she desperately needed.

I guess this is what you do when your mark one pilotage is broken.

The young female suspect was wearing a patterned skirt, white shirt with "LOL" embossed across it, and pink leggings.

Critical arms control agreements between Russia and the US are eroding.

North Korea's new solid-fuel, road-mobile ballistic missile may not have extreme range, but it's far more menacing than its predecessors.

Sea Shepherd's fleet has ballooned in size and capability over the last decade.

The Super Hercules is finally available to the public.

The Afghan National Army is losing ground, and more foreign influence is complicating an already complicated situation. Now, Army General John Nicholson wants 3,000 more troops to take the fight back to the enemy.

15 kills per loss sounds impressive, but there's always more to the story.

The USAF doesn't seem interested in fielding a high-end unmanned air combat vehicle, but they might be interested in fielding lots of cheaper, lower-end ones that they can even choose to throw away for certain missions.