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 President Xi Jinping leaves after delivering a speech during a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
An airborne unmanned combat formation passes through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
A view at the beginning point of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) on May 9, 2025, at Pump Station 1 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. (Lance King via Getty Images)
China’s President Xi Jinping walks to the Monument to the People’s Heroes during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor deceased national heroes on Martyrs’ Day in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
China’s liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C pass through Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing. (Getty Images)