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)
China's guided-missile destroyer Zhanjiang attends the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition on May 26, 2023, in Langkawi, Malaysia. (Zhang Hui via Getty Images)
The US Capitol building is shrouded in haze as smoke from wildfires in Canada brings unhealthy air quality to the East Coast in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023. ( Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers the keynote address during the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Kevin McCarthy speaks with Tsai Ing-wen during a bipartisan meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on April 5, 2023. (Frederic J. Brown via Getty Images)