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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani soldiers patrol through a destroyed bazaar during a military operation against Taliban militants in Miranshah, North Waziristan, July 9, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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Three electronic warfare aircrafts, EA-6B 'Prowler', are parked on the flight deck of US aircraft carrier USS George Washington, December 10, 2010. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Two T-50 aircrafts over Seoul Air Base on September 27, 2013. (KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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French President Francois Hollande arrives at Forward Operating Base Nijrab, in Kapisa Province on May 25, 2012. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/GettyImages)
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
