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National Security and Defense
![Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1279145269.jpg?h=6606cf84&itok=zFowlDe9)
![Peter Rough and Christopher Cavoli at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/DSC04907%20%281%29.jpg?h=90649e9a&itok=1sEeyRSR)
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Peter Rough and Christopher Cavoli at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)
![Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1461032926.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=JUW-kPC5)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
![U.S. Navy members assigned to Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Flotilla 1 conduct troubleshooting and maintenance measures on the Razorback UUV before it is launched for an exercise aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 26, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/7996135.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=ilWGBtJw)
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US Navy members conduct troubleshooting and maintenance measures on the Razorback UUV in the Atlantic Ocean on August 26, 2023. (US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mikaela McGee)
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![A U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman assigned to Naval Special Warfare deploys the Puma All Environment Unmanned Aircraft System during a training mission with Hellenic Navy special operators from the Underwater Demolition Command (DYK) in the Aegean Sea near Greece on July 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/6298757.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=kyeNN5St)
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A US Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman deploys the Puma All Environment Unmanned Aircraft System in the Aegean Sea near Greece on July 15, 2020. (Photo via DVIDS)
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![Cognitive Competition, Conflict, and War: An Ontological Approach](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1192287243.jpg?h=4bc45f1a&itok=RkR4WMQ3)
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![A Taliban security personnel holds his gun near the Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Koshar / AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2159973633.jpg?h=5b728bb6&itok=mvKvc7pp)
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A Taliban security personnel holds his gun near the Qargha lake on the outskirts of Kabul on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Koshar / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) flies its battle flag in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2024. (Ange-Olivier Clement via DVIDS)
![Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare a military intelligence drone for flight in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/GettyImages-2156412354.jpg?h=790be497&itok=S1x8cySl)
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Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare a military intelligence drone for flight in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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![A Tennessee National Guard regiment employs the US Army Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) on June 16, 2024, in Palau. (US Army)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/8491409.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=zZqCqYqB)
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A Tennessee National Guard regiment employs the US Army Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) on June 16, 2024, in Palau. (US Army)
![SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 6, 2023 - A Yuanradish chess robot displayed by SenseTime plays Go with a child at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 6, 2023. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1517816972.jpg?h=5963e5ce&itok=5AotAIHv)
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A Yuanradish chess robot displayed by SenseTime plays Go with a child in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2023. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a statement to the media on February 28, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)