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The Liberia-flagged crude oil tanker Shenlong Suezmax successfully docked at Mumbai Port after navigating the high-risk Strait of Hormuz on March 11, 2026, in Mumbai, India. (Getty Images)

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Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 3, 2026. (US Navy photo)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conducts a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. (US Navy)

US Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a Legend-class vessel, approaches Royal Canadian Navy replenishment oiler MV Asterix for a replenishment at sea on July 10, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (Royal Canadian Navy)

The USS Abraham Lincoln sails in the Arabian Sea on February 11, 2026. (US Navy)

Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)

Bryan Clark moderating a panel at the Apex Defense Conference on January 27, 2026. (Hudson Institute)

The Battleship Missouri Memorial is seen from the waterside in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 17, 2025. (US Navy)

An MQ-28A Ghost Bat takes off during Exercise Carlsbad at RAAF Base Tindal in April 2025. (Australian Department of Defense)

True color satellite image shows Earth centered on the North Pole with cloud coverage during summer solstice in 2002. (Getty Images)