#War Update
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![Destroyed Russian armored vehicles used to storm Avdiivka on December 23, 2023, in Avdiivka, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Destroyed Russian armored vehicles used to storm Avdiivka on December 23, 2023, in Avdiivka, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A destroyed Russian infantry fighting vehicle stands in the field on September 24, 2022, in Vysokopillia, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A destroyed Russian infantry fighting vehicle stands in the field on September 24, 2022, in Vysokopillia, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![destroyed Russian tank]( "destroyed Russian tank")
![Artillery and mortar craters pierce the ground next to a destroyed Russian tank, on October 23, 2022, in Kam’yanka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Artillery and mortar craters pierce the ground next to a destroyed Russian tank, on October 23, 2022, in Kam’yanka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukrainian servicemen are seen on top of an armored carrier returning from the Semenivka battlefield near Avdiivka, Ukraine, March 4, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian servicemen are seen on top of an armored carrier returning from the Semenivka battlefield near Avdiivka, Ukraine, March 4, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Three batteries of the US-made Patriot anti-missile missiles are lit up by the sunset on 25 January 1991 in the Saudi Arabian desert during the Gulf War against Iraq. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Three batteries of the US-made Patriot anti-missile missiles are lit up by the sunset on 25 January 1991 in the Saudi Arabian desert during the Gulf War against Iraq. (Source: Getty Images)")
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The oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf have built one of the most advanced air and missile defense networks on the planet—but recent combat experience suggests even this layered shield may struggle against a sustained Iranian drone and missile assault, raising urgent questions about the security of US forces and allies across the region.
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