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 crewman does preflight checks on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for launch aboard a MKVI patrol boat on October 16, 2019, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo by Chief Boatswain’s Mate Nelson Doromal Jr.)
The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful intercept test on September 10, 2013. (Missile Defense Agency photo)
Ukrainian soldiers participate in a military training drill at an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. (Jose Colon via Getty Images)
The USS General Frank Besson departs Langley, Virginia, for the Gaza to begin construction on the Gaza aid pier on March 9, 2024. (US Central Command via DVIDS)
The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning prepares for sea trials at Dalian shipyard on February 29, 2024, in Dalian, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Houthi militants carry weapons at a rally against the US-led aerial attacks on Yemen on March 9, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
An SU-27 of the Ukrainian Air Force on final approach at Kleine Brogel Military Air Base in Belgium on September 13, 2019. (Nicolas Economou via Getty Images)
US Navy SEALs conduct maritime training with Norwegian Naval Special Operations commandos as part of Nordic Response 24 on March 1, 2024. (Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Carlisle)