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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)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Roger Gallet of the National Bureau of Standards charting the path of Sputnik I (Carl Iwasaki/LIFE Images)
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(Jerome Vallette/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese Kilo-class submarine
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President Barack Obama signs the instrument of ratification of the New START Treaty in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2011.
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An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California
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view of the damage at Ain al-Asad military airbase housing US and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
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
