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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)
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A soldier works in the NATO Combined Air Operations Centre on October 06, 2015 in Uedem, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)
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The Navy's nuclear ballistic submarine USS Maine conducts surface navigational operations about 50 miles south of Puerto Rico. (U.S. Navy photo)
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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vladimir Ramos.
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US President Barack Obama (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sinking hit British battlecruiser 'Indefatigable' shortly before its explosion on May 31st, 1916 - tempera painting by Willy St?wer 1916. (Willy St?wer/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place American flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers buried in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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US military Predator drone in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, May 2, 2006. (Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images)
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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
