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U.S. Special Operations Command has a team developing an Iron-Man-like suit for special operators. The suit pictured here was taken in 2017, but was on display in the same spot at the SOFIC conference in Tampa Bay, Florida, in May 2018, quite unchanged. The design is simply to show what a suit could look like at the end of the road, but is not intended to look like what will ultimately be built. (Photo by Jen Judson/Defense News staff)

Iron Man: USSOCOM one year from putting someone into powered exoskeleton

U.S. Special Operations Command is still pushing the envelope with the development of a real-live Iron Man suit, but surmounting the challenges in such an effort are proving difficult.

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Tension between the U.S. and Turkey over Ankara's plans to buy a Russian-made S-400 air defense system have yielded legislation to bar the sale of F-35 fighter jets. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey threatens retaliation if new bill stops F-35 sale

Tension between the U.S. and Turkey over Ankara's plans to buy a Russian-made S-400 air defense system have yielded legislation to bar the sale of F-35 fighter jets.

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Venezuelan Defense Minister Padrino Lopez mans a Russian-made 9K338

Even as low bidder, Russian firm may still loose air-defense program in India

Despite the best price point, questions loom about whether the Russian system even complies with requirements dictated by India's Ministry of Defence.

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Laser-guided bombs deployed from A-29 Super Tucanos, flying here over White Sands Missile Range, N.M., enable more precise targeting. (Ethan D. Wagner/U.S. Air Force)

Lasers are helping the Afghan Air Force strike the Taliban

The Afghan Air Force has added something to its arsenal, but is it making a difference on the ground?

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