A view at the beginning point of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) on May 9, 2025, at Pump Station 1 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. (Lance King via Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the ceremony of presenting Xi Jinping degree from the Saint Petersburg State University on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg on Jun
President of the Republic of China Xi Jinping (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) shake hands as they visit the cargo terminal of Chinese company Cosco in the port of Piraeus, Greece, on November 11, 2019, as part of his two-day official
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, left, and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Akiba, right, prior to their bilateral meeting at Iikura Guest House, July 9, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan.