A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
South Korean protesters during an anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy on December 27, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
China's President Xi Jinping reviews the guard of honour upon his arrival at Planalto Palace on July 17, 2014 in Brasilia. (NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
A Chinese Navy submarine attends an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy on April 23, 2009 off Qingdao in Shandong Province. (Guang Niu/AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters sing songs and wave their cell phones in the air after a massive thunderstorm passed over outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on September 30, 2014. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)