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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Sailors walk past the US Navy's new guided missile destroyer DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt on October 13, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama answers a question on Syria during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister in Stockholm on September 4, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry talking during an International Syria Support Group meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. (Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)
Commentary
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NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2015.
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A S-200 surface-to-air missile is driven past Iranian military commanders during the annual military parade on September 22, 2015, in the capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
