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)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
Russian warcrafts hit the Syrian opposition controlled town Daret Ezza in Aleppo, Syria on October 13, 2015. (Mamun Abu Omer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis operates in the Pacific Ocean during an exercise with other naval vessels operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area, Feb. 12, 2009. (DoD/Released)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses a joint session of Russian parliament in the Kremlin, Moscow, March 18, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)