Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 21, 2023. (Sergey Shestak/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Kongsberg naval strike missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo by Zachary D. Bell)

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A Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone allegedly shot down in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in September 2022. (@UAWeapons via Twitter)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Ukrainian serviceman flies a drone to spot Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 5, 2023. (Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
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Crowds fill the tarmac while coalition forces form a security perimeter around the runway at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021. (US Air Force photo by Scott Hardman)

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The littoral combat ship USS Independence sails in the eastern Pacific. (US Navy photo by Shannon Renfroe)
In the Media

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Taiwanese Navy warships on August 7, 2022, in Keelung, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
In the Media

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington is underway in the South China Sea, on October 12, 2012. (Jennifer A. Villalovos via DVIDS)
In the Media

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Ukrainian servicemen move toward the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 8, 2023. (Sergey Shestak/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Ukrainian military member sitting on top of an armored vehicle on a dirt road on February 26, 2023, in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A view of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, which was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. (Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)