Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
A drone photo shows the People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Nanning sailing into Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong on July 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
Multi-layered air defense consisting of a Japanese-developed surface-to-air missile system Chu-SAM and Kin-SAM alongside a US MIM-104 Patriot are seen during Orient Shield 22 at Camp Fukuoka in Japan on August 29, 2022. (US Army)
Ukrainian rescuers extinguish a large-scale fire that broke out following a Russian strike using a North Korean ballistic missile on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 11, 2026.(Getty Images)