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The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)
Fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) enters Dry Dock 1 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Hawaii, on September 4, 2024. (US Navy photo by Justice Vannatta)
A South Korean Army K1E1 tank crosses a pontoon bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river- crossing exercise as part of the Freedom Shield military drills with US and ROK forces in the border town of Yeoncheon, South Korea, on March 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Image of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at 'Fun and Art' Festival on December 13, 2008 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan wave party flags during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament in Islamabad on September 13, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistani soldiers guard the headquarters of state-owned Pakistani Television (PTV) after the building was stormed during anti-government protests in Islamabad on September 1, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)