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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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Ukrainian soldiers carry out detonation work in Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 15, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The reentry of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM after a test over the Marshall Islands on September 6, 2023. (US Army photo by Amy Hansen)
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A Russian armored vehicle destroyed near Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 9, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian infantrymen during training in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on May 28, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier fires artillery as Russia-Ukraine War continues on May 25, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A destroyed Russian tank in Svitohirsk, Ukraine, on April 6, 2024. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, Niger, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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People march with flags and banners to celebrate Iran's attack on Israel on April 19, 2024, in Tehran, Iran. (Fatemeh Bahrami via Getty Images)
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A serviceman launches a Vampire drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Vehicles drive under a massive billboard that is displays an illustrated image of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps missiles in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2024. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful intercept test on September 10, 2013. (Missile Defense Agency photo)
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
