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)
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)
Pro-Taiwan independence activists protest outside the Taoyuan International Airport as they hold a banner reading "Ma Ying-jeou don't be a traitor!" before Taiwan's former president Ma Ying-jeou leaves for a visit to China, in Taoyuan on April 1, 2024.
Airmen from the 1st Air Support Operations Group utilize data links as part of Exercise Chaos Quate at Moody Air Force Base on March 15, 2022. (US Air Force photo by 1st Lt Katie Tamesis)
A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress flies in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on February 24, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas Gooley)
A man suspected of taking part in the attack of a concert hall that killed 137 people is escorted by Russian law enforcement officers at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)