armed
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Cobbled together in the aftermath of 9/11, the agency has 7,100 armed, highly trained agents and another 800 criminal analysts, as well as access to troves of confidential data about hundreds of millions of Americans.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In a statement, the Trump administration called drones a “key technology in modern armed conflict.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The spokesperson said unlike Russia's shadow fleet, "UK armed forces and commercial vessels operate firmly in line with international maritime law".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
US and Mexican armed forces performed exercises Thursday along the border near the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Instead, they consist of armed civilians and paramilitary—unofficial military combatants who operate similarly to legitimate armed forces.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
