An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Soldiers take part in the opening ceremony of "Dragon Gold 2020" Cambodia-China joint military drill on March 15, 2020, in Kampot, Cambodia. (Huang Yaohui/China News Service via Getty Images)
Two US Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft attached to Electronic Attack Squadron 138 "Yellowjackets" fly a training mission over the Pacific Ocean on June 13, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Nicholas Priest)
Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery shell on the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine, on December 4, 2022. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A Coast Guardsman prepares to land a drone on the deck of the Coast Guard cutter Tern following a 164-day deployment to the Western Pacific in Alameda, California, on July 2, 2019. (US Coast Guard photo by Matthew S. Masaschi)
Security personnel and rescue workers prepare to search for survivors in the debris of a damaged mosque inside the police headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 30, 2023. (Abdul Mjaeed/AFP via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, October 1, 2019. (Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua via Getty Images)