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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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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)
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People attend a rally to protest the dismissal of Defense Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A hole is visible in a damaged bridge following US air strikes carried out a day earlier in the southern Hormozgan Province, Iran, on July 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A VBAT unmanned aerial system prepares to take off from the flight deck of USS Portland in the South China Sea, June 17, 2026. (US Navy)
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An FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile is on display in Villepinte, France, on June 16, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Black smoke rises from the area of the Moscow Refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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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
