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)
A drone equipped with an electronic warfare system takes off during a presentation on March 19, 2024, in Ukraine. (Photo by Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Ukrainian infantrymen from the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade train on the banks of the Dnipro on April 16, 2024, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Iranians attend the annual rally commemorating the 1979 Islamic Revolution as domestically built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi Square in in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
A protestor holds a Taurus missile sign at a demonstration to show support for Ukraine in Cologne, Germany, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)