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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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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.
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A ground-based interceptor is launched by the ground-based midcourse defense system out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., May 30, 2017.
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, is said to show the launching of the "Martyr Hajj Qassem" missile in an undisclosed location in Iran.
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Soldiers fire an 8 inch (203 mm) M110 self-propelled howitzer during a live-fire, anti-landing Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates an enemy invasion, in Taichung, Taiwan on 16 July 2020
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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system is shown in Guam on Oct. 26, 2017
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
