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)
Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
Ukrainian Navy vessels patrol the Black Sea to defend infrastructure and residential areas from Russian Shahed drones on April 28, 2026, in Odesa, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania. on May 29, 2026. (Getty Images)
Black smoke rises after Ukraine reportedly launched unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2026. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on May 9, 2026. (Getty Images)