In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
Civil Engineering Squadron launches a drone to perform a roof inspection outside of Osan Air Base’s Turumi Lodge on November 2, 2020. (Daniel de La Fé via DVIDS)
The People's Liberation Army and the PLA Navy conduct a live-fire drill in Zhangzhou, China, on August 24, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (Chris Okula via DVIDS)
A damaged tank is seen while the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Road Slavyansk, Izyum, Ukraine on April 4, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski via Getty Images)
TOS-1 multiple rocket launchers move during the seventy-sixth anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2021. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A US Air Force pilot looking down at the Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the Central Continental United States on February 3, 2023. (Photo via Department of Defense)