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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
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Iran
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Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 3, 2026. (US Navy photo)
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Black smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on an alleged pro-Iranian Hezbollah target in southern Beirut on March 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on February 14, 2023. (Getty Images)
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US sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conducts a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. (US Navy)
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Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
