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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 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)
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an address at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an address at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
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walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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A ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv on January 25, 2022, in Boryspil, Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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A ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv on January 25, 2022, in Boryspil, Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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A man pushes a bicycle as he walks past a building of Mashgidroprivod plant, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on June 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images)
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A man pushes a bicycle as he walks past a building of Mashgidroprivod plant, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on June 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images)
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monika_palotai
monika_palotai
Former Visiting Fellow
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Visiting Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies
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The transporter erector, used to load Minuteman III ballistic missiles, is raised during an annual proofload test at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on April 2, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Boster)
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The transporter erector, used to load Minuteman III ballistic missiles, is raised during an annual proofload test at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on April 2, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Boster)
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