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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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Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles during the main stage of the Vostok 2018 large-scale military exercise held by the Russian Armed Forces and involving troops from China and Mongolia, at the Tsugol range (Getty Images)
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Mediterranean Sea, March 17, 2021 (U.S. Navy Photo).
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DoD Photo by Jonathan Koester
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A microchip developed jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory and American Semiconductor (U.S. Air Force Photo)
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The USS Constitution set sail for the first time since 1997 in Boston Harbor. (Photo by Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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US Marines formed as an Electronic Warfare Support Team with 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, near Setermoen, Norway, March 14, 2020. (US Marine Corps).
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Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York on October 19, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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US Army drones at the Al Asad Airbase in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, January 2020. (Ayman Henna/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Christopher Ruano
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A view of the Pentagon Memorial honoring the 184 lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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
