An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a rally outside the former US embassy in the capital Tehran on November 4, 2022, in Tehran, Iran. (Contributor via Getty Images)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) steams in formation during a multiple large deck event in the Pacific Ocean on June 8, 2023. (US Navy photo)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
A grass-camouflaged serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes part in a training with UAV operators on June 15, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Andriy Zhyhaylo/Obozrevatel/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)