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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian artillerymen check their weapons and special equipment before going to the frontline in Kherson, Ukraine, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Russian MIG-31k fighter jets carrying Kinzhal-class hypersonic missile systems fly at a Victory Day parade in Moscow on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Snakehead, an underwater vehicle, during its christening in Rhode Island on February 2, 2022. (Photo by Richard Allen / Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport)
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An MH-53E Sea Dragon prepares to land on the flight deck of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland on July 12, 2022, off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin Kates)
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Crew members are seen on the USS Indiana, a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia-class fast attack submarine, as it departs Port Canaveral in Florida on October 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks to members of the US Congress in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on July 20, 2022, in Washington, DC, about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)
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Morning sun illuminates the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) as she sails into Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (JSABBOTT via Getty)
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A Ukrainian fighter jet takes part in a training mission on January 15, 2018. (Ukraine Ministry of Defense)
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A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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A US Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires a rocket as part of Nordic Strike 22 at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, on September 27, 2022. (US Army Photo by Spc. Devin Klecan)
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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
