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#defense-modernization

For decades, the military has announced the retirement of aircraft that were supposedly nearing the end of their usefulness. Yet many of those platforms are still flying today. Whether it's because replacements arrived late, failed to replicate critical capabilities, or just couldn't meet operational need, these aircraft refused to disappear. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at military aircraft that just refused to retire.

Wrapping up the three-day meeting, Kim reserved praise for the North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine alongside Russia, of whom at least 600 have been killed and thousands more injured in the war, according to South Korean estimates. Over the past year, various soldiers of our military have participated in overseas military operations to demonstrate the reputation of our military, KCNA said, quoting Kim. The military deployment in support of Russia demonstrated to the world the prestige of our army and state as the ever-victorious army and genuine protector of international justice, Kim added.

"Those areas where we had large seas or oceans between us and adversaries are no longer the boundary conditions that we have experienced," she said, noting that the U.S. has adversaries that operate in "domains" beyond land, sea, and air, but also cyber and space.