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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Vice President JD Vance will meet with Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock and Federal President Steinmeier at the the 61st Munich Security Conference. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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A tank participates in a live fire exercise of Leopard 1A5 crews in Ukraine on February 5, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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United States Army Soldiers use the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction (VROD) and Modular Adaptive Transmit (VMAX) backpack EW systems in Hawaii on November 1, 2023. (Spc. Mariah Aguilar via DVIDS)
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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence in northern Israel on September 27, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs during an airshow at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, on October, 20, 2024. (US Air Force photo)
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A Ukrainian Army soldier stands on an American Bradley Fighting Vehicle on January 15, 2025, in Sumy, Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)
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Apache test detonation on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on July 8, 1956. (Getty Images)
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Recruits of the Alcatraz assault battalion prepare for medical and trench training in Donetsk Oblast on January 31, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Map of Asia from 1902 showing Arabia, Persia, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and the Chinese Empire. (The Print Collector via Getty Images)
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Internet is monitored for potential threats, bugs, and viruses on May 4, 2010, in Columbia, MD. (Jeffrey MacMillan via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, 2015, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang via Getty Images).
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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
