Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
A freight train is seen at Port Reitz Station along the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Mombasa, Kenya, on July 9, 2026. The railway was a part of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Getty Images)
A US infantry carrier vehicle crosses a river during a South Korea–US joint military exercise in Yeoju, South Korea, on August 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
Republic of Korea marines depart in a combat rubber raiding craft during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026 at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Hawaii on July 20, 2026. (US Marine Corps)
President Donald Trump prepares to shake hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting as part of the G7 summit in Evian, France, on June 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019. (Getty Images)
The TikTok social media platform's logo is reflected in the eye of a 13-year-old boy as he looks at a computer screen on November 25, 2023, in Bath, England. (Getty Images)
A drone photo shows the People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Nanning sailing into Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong on July 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
Multi-layered air defense consisting of a Japanese-developed surface-to-air missile system Chu-SAM and Kin-SAM alongside a US MIM-104 Patriot are seen during Orient Shield 22 at Camp Fukuoka in Japan on August 29, 2022. (US Army)