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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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(Screenshot via CNN)
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A Russian armored vehicle destroyed near Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 9, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian infantrymen during training in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on May 28, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier fires artillery as Russia-Ukraine War continues on May 25, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A destroyed Russian tank in Svitohirsk, Ukraine, on April 6, 2024. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, Niger, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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People march with flags and banners to celebrate Iran's attack on Israel on April 19, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Fatemeh Bahrami via Getty Images)
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A serviceman launches a Vampire drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Vehicles drive under a massive billboard that is displays an illustrated image of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps missiles in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful intercept test on September 10, 2013. (Missile Defense Agency photo)
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Houthi militants carry weapons at a rally against the US-led aerial attacks on Yemen on March 9, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier looks at the sky after hearing the sound of a nearby drone at the Bakhmut front line in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Ignacio Marin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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
