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A Ukrainian soldier holds an FPV drone at arm’s length during military exercises on March 15, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop via Getty Images)
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Chinese sailors stand next to a submarine rescue ship Hongzehu from the PLA Navy as it is docked on April 23, 2024, in Qingdao, China.(Kevin Frayer via Getty Images)
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Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taiwan's armed forces hold two days of routine drills to show combat readiness ahead of Lunar New Year holidays at a military base on January 11, 2023, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian military walk through the destruction after a large scale Russian attack on a residential complex on March 10, 2025, in Dobropillia, Ukraine. (Paula Bronstein via Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump hold a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)
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David Byrd
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Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
