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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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Bravo Battery, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade emplaced onto the new training area for a month long exercise (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf)
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Navy Phoenix missile (U.S. Navy)
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Soldiers rehearse battle drills with the PATRIOT long-range, all-altitude, all-weather air defense system capable of countering tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircrafts (U.S. Army Photo by SGT Raquel Birk)
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U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Christopher Ruano
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Russian soldiers stand near a Topol-M ICBM while participating in a rehearsal for the nation's Victory Day parade outside Moscow in Alabino on April 22, 2008.
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
