A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Missiles and UAVs are shown with Israeli and American flags in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2024. (Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
An Indian Sea King Helicopter arrives at Kakinada Beach, India, carrying casualties during Tiger TRIUMPH on November 20, 2019. (Armando Elizalde via DVIDS)
Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps armed military personnel are monitoring an area while standing guard next to an Iranian Majid anti-aircraft missile system during the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Yemenis lift a Palestinian flag and placards depicting Houthi group leader Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi and Abu Obaida, the spokesperson of Hamas' armed wing, on January 24, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei meets with Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force commanders and Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force officers at the Imam Khomeini Husayniyya in Tehran, Iran, on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye sails behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on January 25, 2024. (Chris Williamson via DVIDS)