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		<title>Iran Captured America’s Dive-LD Drone Sub Largely Intact. Now Comes the Autopsy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon calls the captured Dive-LD expendable, while Tehran prepares to squeeze every engineering secret it can from America’s $2.5 million robot submarine. #Iran #Anduril #DiveLD #UnderseaWarfare #DefenseTechnology]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Japan’s High-Tech Rearmament Puts China in the Crosshairs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles V. Sasser, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Japan is spending record sums on missiles, drones, and artificial intelligence, but making that arsenal work seamlessly with American forces may prove harder than building it. #JapanDefense #Type12Missile #IndoPacific #MilitaryTechnology #DefenseSpending]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Never Forget? 25 Years After 9/11, the Rats Are Still at the Wall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[America still promises never to forget September 11, even as fanaticism, collectivism, and complacency gnaw at the country from inside the house. #September11 #NeverForget #AmericaUnderThreat #NationalSecurity #SOFREP]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Navy SEALs Hunted Iranian Mines in the Black Waters of Hormuz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Navy SEALs hunted Iranian mines in the black waters of Hormuz while unmanned systems and airpower compensated for a mine-warfare fleet caught on the wrong oceans. #NavySEALs #StraitOfHormuz #MineWarfare #USNavy #IranWar]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Horses, Bombers and Parachute Cord: The First 38 Days After 9/11</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[America entered Afghanistan with satellites and stealth bombers, but it was 12 Green Berets on borrowed horses who closed the gear gap and carried the war to the Taliban. #HorseSoldiers #GreenBerets #SpecialOperations #AfghanistanWar #September11]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From 9/11 to Afghanistan: A Delta Force Operator’s Story</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/book-excerpt-a-warriors-path-lessons-in-leadership-from-an-army-special-missions-unit-operator/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Coffman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The following excerpt is courtesy of Robert A. Trivino&#8217;s book A Warrior&#8217;s Path: Lessons in Leadership. Robert is a former member of the US Army&#8217;s 18th Airborne Corps, 75th Ranger Regiment, and an operational member of the Army&#8217;s elite special missions unit. The book humbly highlights Trivino&#8217;s own successes &#8211; and particularly his failures &#8211; [&#8230;] #DeltaForce #SpecialOperations #AfghanistanWar #September11 #MilitaryLeadership]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Navy Just Taught Its Drone Boats to Refuel at Sea</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/the-navy-just-taught-its-drone-boats-to-refuel-at-sea/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Navy has taught its ghost fleet how to refuel at sea, but the real test begins when the remote operator disappears and the shooting starts. #USNavy #UnmannedSystems #NavalWarfare #DefenseTechnology #MaritimeSecurity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Airborne Reinforcements: How NATO Would Defend the Baltics From Russia</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/airborne-reinforcements-how-nato-would-defend-the-baltics-from-russia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Gray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If Russia invades Estonia, NATO paratroopers may have only hours to slow the advance, hold the line, and prove that the alliance still means what it says. #NATO #Estonia #Russia #AirborneForces #BalticSecurity]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gonorrhea Derails a CIA Covert Project</title>
		<link>https://sofrep.com/news/gonorrhea-disrupts-cia-covert-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frumentarius]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A declassified CIA memo proves that even in the shadowy world of covert operations, gonorrhea and a bad lie can still kill your career. #CIA #Declassified #Espionage #SpyHistory #JamesBond]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can America Keep Its Navy Fighting? Inside the Shipbuilding Crisis Threatening American Naval Power</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Gottlieb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[America still has a formidable Navy, but unless it rebuilds the shipyards, workforce, and suppliers behind that fleet, it may lack the industrial endurance to keep fighting when the next war runs long. #USNavy #NavalPower #Shipbuilding #DefenseIndustry #MilitaryReadiness]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Calls Iran a Failed Nation. The Reality Is Far More Complicated</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Bolduc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran is battered by sanctions, inflation, and unrest, but it is no failed state. It remains a functioning, resilient sovereign nation whose complexity gets flattened by convenient political slogans. #Iran #FailedState #ForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #Sanctions]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How the AK-47 Became the World&#8217;s Most Iconic Assault Rifle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SOFREP News Team]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Discover how the AK-47 became the symbol of revolution and insurgency, its unmatched durability making it a staple in conflicts worldwide. #AK47History
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		<title>The Navy’s $350,000 Underwater Robot Buy Exposes a Dangerous Mine Warfare Gap</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Guy D. McCardle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How Green Berets Rigged Enemy Ammunition During the Vietnam War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Miller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Project Eldest Son proved that a handful of Green Berets, some doctored ammunition, and a ruthless understanding of human nature could make an entire enemy army afraid to pull the trigger. #ProjectEldestSon #GreenBerets #VietnamWar #PsychologicalWarfare #MilitaryHistory]]></description>
		
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