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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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93rd Brigade training with an International M1224 MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected infantry transport vehicle and two Soviet BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech on defence and security spending during a press conference at the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on February 25, 2025. (Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)
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A man walks past a hoisted Taiwanese flag at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on October 15, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on September 27, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
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Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 operates remotely in San Diego Bay on May 15, 2024. (US Navy photo)
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Ukrainian soldiers practice firing a Browning heavy machine gun on February 20, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Maxar satellite imagery from December 12, 2024, of Iran's new drone ship (known as the Shahid Bagheri) is anchored offshore near the Iranian naval port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf. (Maxar Technologies 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
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
