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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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The first General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons received by Ukraine fly on the Day of Ukrainian Air Force on August 4, 2024. (Vitalii Nosach via Getty Images)
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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
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Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building that was destroyed in an Israeli attack on June 13, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)
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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Damage after Israeli air strikes in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Saba Middle East Images via AFP)
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An Israeli flag flutters on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Portraits of Iranian military generals and nuclear scientists killed in Israel’s June 13 attack are displayed above a road as a plume of heavy smoke and fire rise over an oil refinery in southern Tehran on June 15, 2025. (Atta Kenare 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
