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President Donald Trump pose with NATO heads of state and government at the Hague on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying a new group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on August 26, 2025, in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. (Getty Images)
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to launch from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln during Operation Epic Fury on March 29, 2026. (US Navy)
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(Screenshot via Fox Business)
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A major fire burns in eastern Moscow on May 17, 2026, hours after a heavy Ukrainian drone attack. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
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Pakistan Air Force JF-17 fighter jets perform at a rehearsal ahead of a Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 21, 2024. (Getty Images)
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An interceptor drone is launched as Ukrainian forces counter incoming aerial threats near the Donetsk front line on May 12, 2026, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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This French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Le Temeraire is seen during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Île Longue base in Crozon, France, on March 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US Air Force Airmen load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury on April 18, 2026. (US Air Force)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
