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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)
The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer observes a controlled mine detonation while conducting a joint exercise with the Royal Thai Navy in the Gulf of Thailand on June 7, 2019. (US Navy Photo by Corbin Shea)
Beta version of IM Motors L7 electric sedan is on display at the North Bund on December 26, 2021, in Shanghai, China. (Shen Chunchen/VCG via Getty Images)
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A man walks past portraits of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and current President Xi Jinping at Yanan Revolutionary Memorial Hallin Yanan, China, on October 15, 2022. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
A missile is fired during a joint training between the United States and South Korea on June 6, 2022, in East Coast, South Korea. (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry/Dong-A Daily via Getty Images)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's most valuable semiconductor company, on September 16, 2022, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)