Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
A tugboat crosses in front of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem as the ship arrives in Diego Garcia on January 3, 2024. (US Navy)
A Bayraktar TB3 armed unmanned aerial vehicle carries out its first operational demonstration during the NATO Steadfast Dart-2026 drill in the Baltic Sea on February 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Getty Images)
A US Navy fire controlman on the Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt stands on lookout in the Arabian Sea on December 8, 2025. (US Navy)