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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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)
Chinese military vehicles take part in the Vostok-2018 military exercise held jointly by the Russian Armed Forces and the Chinese People's Liberation Army on September 13, 2018. (China News Service/Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting at Bocharov Ruchei residence. MAY 14, 2019 (Mikhail Metzel/Getty Images)
S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems of the Russian Southern Military District's missile regiment on combat duty. (Sergei Malgavko/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin followed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov attend the welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)