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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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The People's Liberation Army and the PLA Navy conduct a live-fire drill in Zhangzhou, China, on August 24, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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A damaged tank is seen while the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Road Slavyansk, Izyum, Ukraine on April 4, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski via Getty Images)
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TOS-1 multiple rocket launchers move during the seventy-sixth anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2021. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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US and Ukraine flags fly at the Joint Force Headquarters in Sacramento, California, on February 22, 2023. (US Army National Guard photo by Amanda H. Johnson)
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A successful ballistic missile intercept launched from the Kauai Test Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on July 31, 2009. (US Navy via DVIDS)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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A Mi-24 helicopter takes off for a combat mission against Russian forces on March 25, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Taras Ibragimov via Getty Images)
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An M1 Abrams tank fires at targets on Februray 24, 2023. (Justin Smith via DVIDS)
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 21, 2023. (Sergey Shestak/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Kongsberg naval strike missile is launched from the littoral combat ship USS Coronado during missile testing operations off the coast of Southern California. (US Navy photo by Zachary D. Bell)
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
