F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Priti Patel MP listens during a press conference on May 19, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on January 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier during a tactical and live-fire exercise on November 30, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers work on an Avenger AN/TWQ-1 anti-aircraft missile system on November 28, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Kostya Liberov/ Libkos via Getty Images)
Ukrainian servicemen check their Sweden made CV90 armored infantry combat vehicle on a position pointing in the direction of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on November 27, 2023. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers open fire from a large-caliber machine gun to suppress enemy shelling on November 3, 2023, in Bakhmut, Ukraine. (Kostya Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)
Leading Seaman Emma Searle, Chief Petty Officer Timothy Voight, Leading Seaman Garreth Laurie, and Leading Seaman Doug Thomas conduct pre-flight checks on a ScanEagle remotely piloted aircraft from 822X Squadron at Jervis Bay Airfield, Jervis Bay Territory. (Royal Australian Navy)