An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher near the front lines of the conflict in the Donetsk region on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)
Sailors salute the American Flag during morning colors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross on June 11, 2017, at Naval Station Rota in Spain. (US Navy photo by Robert S. Price)
An oil drilling platform waiting to be repaired in Cromarty Firth near the port of Invergordon, Scotland, on May 29, 2010. (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A Russian T-72 tank fires during joint military exercises between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Myanmar at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020, during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)
Ukrainian solders conduct squad battle drills as part of Operation Fearless Guardian II, an initiative to increase Ukrainian defense compatibility with NATO forces, in Ukraine on December 15, 2015. (US Army Photo by Adriana M. Diaz-Brown)
An Azerbaijani soldier keeping guard by the Aras River, which forms much of Azeri-Iranian border, in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan, on December 7, 2020. (Murat Kaynak/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)