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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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Israeli soldiers secure a road as rockets are launched from southern Lebanon in Golan Heights on July 9, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a Japan-US-South Korea defense ministers meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on July 28, 2024. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho/Pool/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A banner featuring Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hangs next to an Iranian flag during his funeral in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Iranians attend a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via 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
