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)
Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
The Threat Systems Management Office push a swarm of 40 drones through the National Training Center on May 8, 2019, in Fort Irwin, California. (James Newsome via DVIDS)
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu at a meeting ceremony in North Korea on July 25, 2023. (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation via Wikimedia Commons)
Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet for launch from the flight deck aboard the US Navy’s USS Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea on August 11, 2023. (Caroline H. Lui via DVIDS)
Fishery workers unload seafood caught in offshore trawl fishing at Matsukawaura port in Soma City in Fukushima on September 1, 2023. (JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)