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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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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent takes questions during a press conference at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An Iranian national flag waves on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 23, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft is being built by Lockheed Martin Corp. for the US Navy’s E-130J program in Marietta, Georgia, on September 12, 2024. (DVIDS)
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A US sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea on August 16, 2026. (US Navy)
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A sailor prepares to launch an F/A-18C Hornet off the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the Philippine Sea on May 6, 2008. (US Navy)
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Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
