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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
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As the U.S. Navy grapples with losing many of its cruisers in the coming years, it's looking to kick off a major effort to move forward on its next-generation of large surface combatant.
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A soldier in Tampa, Florida, assesses the Army's One World Terrain software, which will be used to create real-time, realistic simulated terrain for soldiers to fight on
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The Shabab control large parts of Somalia and raise considerable funds through local taxation and extortion. The group has carried out deadly attacks not only in Somalia but also in Kenya and Uganda.
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Edward Snowden speaks via video link to participants of the 'MCI alumni and friends' conference at the Congress Innsbruck on October 18, 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria.
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The Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Dakota.
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A ground-based interceptor is launched by the ground-based midcourse defense system out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., May 30, 2017.
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
