A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II taxis following military actions in Venezuela in support of Operation Absolute Resolve, January 3, 2026. (US Air Force)
Unmanned surface vessels supported by Naval Surface Warfare Center at the Portuguese Navy Operational Experimentation Center in Troia, Portugal on September 24, 2025 (US Navy)
US Army paratroopers assigned to 82nd Airborne Division conduct an airborne operation onto Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg on December 8, 2022. (US Army)