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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
In the Media
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People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during a reporting trip to the Third Guard Division of the PLA on July 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 4, 2015. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test June 22, 2006 in the Pacific Ocean. (Chris Bishop/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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US navy warship, forward-deployed Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65), docks at the Sydney Harbour in front of the Harbour Bridge on October 4, 2013. (SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
