A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force mid-range multi-purpose missile is fired during a live-fire exercise at the East Fuji Maneuver Area on June 7, 2026, in Gotemba, Japan. (Getty Images)
The flag used by the Taliban's interim government is seen over Afghanistan’s embassy in Moscow on July 4, 2025, after Russia officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. (Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (R) at Parliament House in Canberra on July 8, 2014. (MARK GRAHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual meeting with high ranking officers of the Defence Ministry Board on December 11, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)