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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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Syrian opposition members inspect the site of a suspected chlorine gas attack by Assad regime forces in Jobar region of Damascus, Syria on November 13, 2014. (Lokman Sair/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, P.I. October 1944. (Marion Doss/Flickr)
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A Standard Missile-6 demonstrating its ability to intercept ballistic missiles in their final seconds of flight during live fire tests July 28-Aug. 1, 2015, aboard the USS John Paul Jones. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency
Commentary
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Military personnel arrive in a Chinook before Iraqi soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise for under the surveillance of US-led coalition forces at Basmaya base, Iraq on January 27, 2016. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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A North Korean Taepodong-class missile is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. (Ed Jones/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
