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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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A banner featuring Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hangs next to an Iranian flag during his funeral in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Iranians attend a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
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A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare the BM-21 artillery vehicle in its fighting position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 23, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Fox News)
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A drone takes off into the sky on June 28, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Emergency and rescue personnel clear the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital after a missile attack in Kyiv on July 9, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Army infantry soldiers wait for further instruction during a force on force exercise near Tapa, Estonia, on April 14, 2024. (US Army photo by Spc. Trey Gonzales)
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A Ukrainian soldier pilots a drone in search of targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 18, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers carry out detonation work in Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 15, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The reentry of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM after a test over the Marshall Islands on September 6, 2023. (US Army photo by Amy Hansen)
Experts
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
