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A US military strike on a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean has left one person dead and two others stranded at sea, the US Southern Command said. The operation, part of 'Operation Southern Spear', has drawn criticism from human rights groups who view it as extrajudicial.
A discussion on Al Jazeera's This is America examines how artificial intelligence is changing US military warfare, from autonomous weapons systems to battlefield tactics. Experts discuss the benefits, risks, and ethical controversies surrounding the application of AI in the US military.
A U.S. military rescue crew in Florida described their 'quite miraculous' operation to save all 11 people from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, even as they themselves had to hastily leave the scene with just five minutes of fuel remaining. The survivors — all adults from the Bahamas — had been huddled on a single life raft for about five hours, unaware that help was coming. The helicopter crew made nine lifts to bring everyone aboard, reaching 'bingo time' — the fuel cutoff — just as the last person was pulled to safety.
