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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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The remains of an exploded pager in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 18, 2024. (Getty Images)
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The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) drives down the street on August 27, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A B-2A Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing leads a delta formation consisting of two F-15C Eagles assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing and two Royal Air Force F-35B Lightnings as they conduct aerial operations over the North Sea on September 16, 2019. (US Air Force)
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A Stryker fighting vehicle drives down the street on August 30, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman loads a robotic minelaying ground platform with land mines during military training in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 31, 2024. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A Defender patrols the area at Fort Bliss on October 23, 2023. (DVIDS)
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The main gun of Chinese guided-missile destroyer Nanchang attacks a target during a China-Russia military drill on October 15, 2021, in Russian waters. (Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)
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David Byrd
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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
