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)
Demonstrators outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square," in Tel Aviv hold up their lit mobile phones as they gather during a demonstration calling for the release of hostages on December 9, 2023. (Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden reviews an honor guard with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Akasaka State Guest House on May 23, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. (Eugene Hoshiko via Getty Images)