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)
Former National Security Advisor of the United States H.R. McMaster looks on before being sworn in to testify during the first hearing on national security and Chinese threats to America held by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2023. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye sails behind the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on January 25, 2024. (Chris Williamson via DVIDS)
Houthi followers chant slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians and against the US-led aerial attacks on Yemen on February 2, 2024. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
United States Marines prepare an RQ-7B Shadow during an exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 near Yuma, Arizona, on April 10, 2015. (US Marine Corps vis DVIDS)
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's artillery firing at a railway station on January 6, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun via Getty Images)