Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during the 5th year celebration of the victory in the 2018 presidential election at Zocalo on July 1, 2023, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Hector Vivas via Getty Images)
Ukrainian servicemen move with a Howitzer through Vuhledar frontline amid Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 1, 2023. (Ercin Erturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Newport News returned home to Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on January 3, 2023. ( John Narewski via DVIDS)
Three of the four Apollo 13 flight directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module Odyssey on April 17, 1970. (NASA via Getty Images)