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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)
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US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (left), accompanied by Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve (right), speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on August 21, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A sculpture overlooks the Strait of Hormuz in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on August 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
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Ukrainian officer trains recruit to shoot down front-line drones with shotguns, on July 21, 2026 in the Dnipro region, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin walks with China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Mortar shells move along a conveyor at General Dynamics in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on August 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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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
