An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signing the arms control agreement banning the use of intermediate-range nuclear missiles, the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Reduction Treaty, in Washington DC on December 8, 1987. (Bettman via Getty Images)
An Apple Store at a usually bustling intersection in a popular shopping district after recent COVID-19 outbreaks on May 23, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Mikhail Gorbachev and George HW Bush hold a joint press conference in the White House's East Room, Washington DC, June 3, 1990. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Getty Images)
Natural gas is flared off during an oil drilling operation in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022, in Stanton, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A brass band plays during a rally outside of the White House to call on Joe Biden to cancel student debt on July 27, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)