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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 Jeep belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group is seen in Syrian near Lebanon on August 2, 2017. (Getty Images)
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A soldier stands guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with British armed forces personnel in front of a UK Typhoon fighter jet in Ankara, Turkey, on October 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Nigerian soldier loads his machine gun during training in Monguno, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen drive a tank near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on December 23, 2024. (Getty Images)
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The Russian military unveils the submarine Khabarovsk at Sevmash JSC Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia, on November 1, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to workers during a visit to BAE Systems in Warton, Preston, on October 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The fireball and plume from the Operation Plumbbob shot Priscilla atomic explosion are seen at Camp Mercury in Yucca Flats, Nevada, on June 24, 1957. (Getty Images)
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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sign documents confirming the sale of Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine in Linkoping, Sweden, on October 22, 2025.
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US marines participate in a live-fire range on the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima in the Caribbean Sea on October 14, 2025. (US Navy photo)
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President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at Haneda Airport on October 27, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via NHK World)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
