Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping accompanies U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to view an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on August 18, 2011 in Beijing, China (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) in Brussels, Belgium on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Etienne Ansotte / Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt conducting operations with South Korea's destroyers during a joint naval drill on November 12, 2017 in East Sea, South Korea (Photo by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
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