Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
![US Army Soldiers, salute a World War II veteran in France on June 6, 2024. (US Army photo by Sgt. Landon Carter)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/8455364.jpg?h=fa5f4214&itok=8XoK6z2M)
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US Army Soldiers, salute a World War II veteran in France on June 6, 2024. (US Army photo by Sgt. Landon Carter)
![: A baby stroller, along with other personal belongings are left on the side of the road](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1728300609.jpg?h=3e43625b&itok=nKH2KaqL)
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A baby stroller, along with other personal belongings are left on the side of the road on October 10, 2023, in Kfar Aza, Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
![M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on Russian position on December 29, 2023 in Unspecified, Ukraine. M142 HIMARS proved to be a highly effective weapon, striking targets both on the front line and deep in the Russian rear. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/GettyImages-2030058312.jpg?h=0bb6dce2&itok=E0Rj46h5)
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M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on December 29, 2023 in Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
![Images captured by the U.S. ASA Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/8396093_0.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=nSDUS2hc)
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A Short-Range Reconnaissance quadcopter in Fort Dix, New Jersey, on May 9, 2024. (Daniel Amburg via DVIDS)
In the Media
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In the Media
![Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1258933391.jpg?h=02ce9656&itok=qY-4_V1F)
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Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
Commentary
![Vladimir Putin attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2024. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/GettyImages-2151576171.jpg?h=a29c7b7a&itok=KpagDVRG)
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Vladimir Putin attends the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2024. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through the scope as he shoots a Chukavin sniper rifle during a visit to the military Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on September 19, 2018. (Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-1036297074.jpg?h=370207fd&itok=JmGeKtpM)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks through the scope as he shoots a Chukavin sniper rifle during a visit to the military Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow, on September 19, 2018. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
![A US and a Chinese flag wave outside a commercial building in Beijing, July 9, 2007. (TEH ENG KOON/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-2150094874.jpg?h=476030cb&itok=MtZWedKD)
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A US and a Chinese flag wave outside a commercial building in Beijing, July 9, 2007. (TEH ENG KOON/AFP via Getty Images)
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![An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020 in San Diego, California. Deemed an essential part of the defense industrial base, NASSCO remains open despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-1213776711%20%281%29.jpg?h=2e7c44a8&itok=YrQ1Ruom)
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An aerial view of General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on March 20, 2020, in San Diego, California. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
![The destroyer JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023,](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/JS_Yubetsu_launch_ceremony_01.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=PD6HDmh1)
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The Mogami-class frigate JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023. (Japanese Ministry of Defense)
![Toward a New Pax Americana](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/8265997%20%281%29.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=0KHKmO92)
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A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortres and other aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on February 24, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas Gooley)
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