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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
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A Mi-24 helicopter takes off for a combat mission against Russian forces on March 25, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Taras Ibragimov via Getty Images)
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An M1 Abrams tank fires at targets on Februray 24, 2023. (Justin Smith via DVIDS)
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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)
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Taiwanese Navy warships on August 7, 2022, in Keelung, Taiwan. (Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)
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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)
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
