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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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A soldier of the artillery crew of the Rifle Battalion special unit of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region on May 23, 2025 (Dmytro Smolienko via Getty Images)
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A US Air Force airman signals to an F-16 pilot during exercise Freedom Flag 25-1 at Gwangju Air Base, South Korea, on April 17, 2025. (US Marine Corps photo)
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An Indian paramilitary trooper stands alert in Srinagar on May 10, 2025. (Saqib Majeed via Getty Images)
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Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Summit in Oslo on May 9, 2025. (Alastair Grant via Getty Images)
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A recruit of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade takes a break in a dugout during field tactical training at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine, on May 1, 2025 (Genya Savilov via Getty Images)
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The Virginia-class attack submarine Minnesota is under construction at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. (US Navy photo courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding)
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Indian Border Security Force personnel and Pakistani Rangers lower their respective flags during the daily beating retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah Post on August 15, 2021. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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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
