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)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
F-35 Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Wing and 419th FW stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, perform aerial maneuvers during as part of a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Nov. 19, 2018. ((U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. C
30th April 1952: The newly-appointed US ambassador to Moscow, diplomat and historian George Frost Kennan, walking in London before leaving for Moscow. (Keystone/Getty Images)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan hosts a multi-lateral meeting with Asian nations, at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2019, Singapore, May 31, 2019. (Lisa Ferdinando)