A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Airmen of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron load pallets of Ukraine-bound ammunition to a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on August 7, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Capt. Emma Quirk)
Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces participate in tactical exercises in the forest near Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A house burns after being shelled during an artillery duel between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the city of Lysychansk, Ukraine, on June 11, 2022. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian artillerymen check their weapons and special equipment before going to the frontline in Kherson, Ukraine, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Russian MIG-31k fighter jets carrying Kinzhal-class hypersonic missile systems fly at a Victory Day parade in Moscow on June 24, 2022. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)