A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, President Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow-installed head of the Donetsk region in Russian-controlled Ukraine, Denis Pushilin (not pictured), at the Kremlin in Moscow on August 4, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel via Getty Images)
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a budget committee session on the US tariff issue in the House of Representatives at the Parliament in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi via Getty Images)
The amphibious assault ship USS America steams alongside other vessels from the US Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Coral Sea on July 20, 2025. (US Navy)
Karol Nawrocki attends an event after the second round of the presidential election in Warsaw, Poland, on June 1, 2025. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)