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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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The USS General Frank Besson departs Langley, Virginia, for the Gaza to begin construction on the Gaza aid pier on March 9, 2024. (US Central Command via DVIDS)
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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning prepares for sea trials at Dalian shipyard on February 29, 2024, in Dalian, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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Houthi militants carry weapons at a rally against the US-led aerial attacks on Yemen on March 9, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
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An SU-27 of the Ukrainian Air Force on final approach at Kleine Brogel Military Air Base in Belgium on September 13, 2019. (Nicolas Economou via Getty Images)
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Pro-Taiwan independence activists protest outside the Taoyuan International Airport as they hold a banner reading "Ma Ying-jeou don't be a traitor!" before Taiwan's former president Ma Ying-jeou leaves for a visit to China, in Taoyuan on April 1, 2024.
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Airmen from the 1st Air Support Operations Group utilize data links as part of Exercise Chaos Quate at Moody Air Force Base on March 15, 2022. (US Air Force photo by 1st Lt Katie Tamesis)
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A Ukrainian mortar team near Toretsk, Ukraine, on March 26, 2024. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma in the Philippine Sea on February 16, 2022. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, attending the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg on July 30, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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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
