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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) alongside the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). (DoD/Released)
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A Chinese coast guard vessel sailing near the disputed waters in the South China Sea, May 14, 2014. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 97 launches off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 15, 2012. (DoD/Released)
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Trident submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) on Thursday, October 7, 2004 off the coast of Southern California. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
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Indian army soldierss fire on Palistinian positions on December 15, 1971 during the India-Pakistani War of 1971. (AFP/Getty Images)
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A stack of scrapped missiles displayed at a war museum on May 2, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives at the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit on November 15, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A soldier fires a portable air defense rocket during the International military games 'Masters of Antiaircraft Battle - 2015' outside the Russian southern town of Yeisk on August 6, 2015. (SERGEI VENYAVSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Destroyed bunker at the Maginot Line, 1940. (Paul Mai/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Ian Crone
Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
