Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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)
US Coast Guard Captain Jamie Frederick speaks during a press conference on June 20, 2023, about the search efforts for the submersible that went missing. (Joseph Prezioso via Getty Images)
Bayraktar Kemankes, the mini smart cruise missile developed by Baykar, is introduced during TEKNOFEST in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 27, 2023. (Arife Karakum via Getty Images)
Joe Biden holds a meeting with his science and technology advisors at the White House on April 4, 2023, in Washington, DC. (The White House via Flickr)
Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon the only operational nuclear plant left in California due to be shutdown in 2024 on December 1, 2021, Avila Beach, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)
US House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party at the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
People visit the Huawei booth during China International Financial Exhibition at Shougang Park on April 26, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Kuang Da/JIEMIAN NEWS/VCG via Getty Images)