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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 German soldier guards the German military supply ship Elbe at the port February 21, 2003 in Djibouti Town, Djibouti. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Teheran on the 35th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, February 11, 2014 (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) talk before a meeting at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel March 28, 2015 in Lausanne. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Detainees kneel during early morning Islamic prayer on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. (USAF/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
