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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)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
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A television news screen in Seoul, South Korea, on March 17, 2023, shows a picture of North Korea's test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
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The flag of Taiwan in Taipei on October 10, 2012. (Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP via Getty Images)
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A view of Tehran, Iran, on October 26, 2024. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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An aerial photo shows the China Telecom Smart City Industrial Park in Xiongan, China, on May 4, 2024. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Two Ukrainian army mechanics repair a broken MT-LB in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 25, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Local resident walks through empty streets of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on October 19, 2024. (Maciek Musialek/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Russian infantry in the trenches during their battle against the Austro-Hungarian army on the eastern front in World War I in August 1914. (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin walks prior to his inauguration ceremony in Moscow on May 7, 2024. (Sergei Bobylyov/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
