A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019, in Vladivostok, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
Aviation Boatswain's Mate observes an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron landing on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on October 13, 2023. (Jacob Mattingly via DVIDS)
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound past the Seattle skyline on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian G. Reynolds)
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland display a French national flag with a x-mark on during a protest outside Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 1, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)