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)
Ukrainian explosives experts and police officers examine parts of a Shahed 136 military drone following an air attack in Kharkiv on June 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok via Getty Images)
Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
Fighters of the UAV unit of the Striletskyi Special Police Battalion of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Police Department in Ukraine on May 23, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko via Getty Images)
Border Security Force soldiers pay respect during a wreath-laying ceremony for Constable Deepak Chingakham of the Border Security Force, who was killed during a cross-border firing between India and Pakistan in Jammu on May 12, 2025. (Money Sharma via Getty Images)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Twenty-second IISS Shangri-La Dialogue on May 31, 2025, in Singapore. (Yong Teck Lim via Getty Images