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Chinese military athletes disqualified for ‘extensive cheating’
Speed Read Orienteering team found to have used shortcuts and illegal markings
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What happened at the Battle of Trafalgar?
In Depth Monday marks the 214th anniversary of Britain’s most famous naval victory
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How new military veterans amnesty law will work
In Depth Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt proposes law to prevent war crime prosecutions against British soldiers - with one controversial exception
By The Week Staff Published
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5P-42 Filin: Russian navy fits warships with hallucinogenic weapons
In Depth Controversial ‘dazzler’ device uses strobe-like beams to blind and disorientate enemies
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US Supreme Court allows Trump transgender military ban
Speed Read Justices vote 5-4 on allowing White House to overturn Obama-era policy
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China has ‘world’s most advanced’ military
Speed Read Beijing warns it will ‘do whatever it takes’ to defend Taiwan from foreign intervention
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How did Horatio Nelson die?
In Depth The revered naval commander was killed 213 years ago on Sunday
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Why UK’s 16 new F-35 fighter jets can’t fly
Speed Read Stealth aircraft grounded as faulty fuel tube blamed for US military plane crash
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What was Guatemala’s ‘Silent Genocide’?
In Depth Former military general Jose Mauricio Rodriguez has been acquitted of mass murder of Mayans during 36-year civil war
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Russia, US and China on brink of an arms race in space
Speed Read US voices deep suspicion over Moscow’s pursuit of new space weapons – even as it draws up plans for its own ‘Space Force’
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Project Maven: Google employees resign over controversial US military AI programme
Speed Read More than 4,000 staff sign petition urging company to stop developing “technology for war”
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Russia shows its teeth with Victory Day parade
Speed Read Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching
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Pakistan military shuts down main TV news channel in media crackdown
In Depth Concerns grow about increasing censorship by security forces
By The Week Staff Published
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