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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.
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Dr. Will Roper, Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, explains U.S. military's use of the Micro UAV called Perdix at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency building on March 4, 2016, in Arlingto
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Seabee divers perform maintenance on undersea cables at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii. Much of the globe's military and civilian electronic messages flow through undersea cables.
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A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits at Kandahar Air base in Afghanistan on January 23, 2018.
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
