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 Russian RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile complex during the Victory Day Parade main rehearsals on May 7, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier fires a US-made MK-19 automatic grenade launcher towards Russian positions in less than 800 metres away at a front line in Donetsk, Ukraine, on October 12, 2022. (Dave Clark/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises from the impact of a of Russian cruise missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 10, 2022. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A destroyed tank in the town of Suqovusan, part of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, on December 2, 2020, after a US-brokered ceasefire temporarily ended fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. (Karen Monasyan/AFP via Getty Images)