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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Sailors perform a foreign object damage walk down on the flight deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima.
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A pilot with the “Grey Knights” of VP-46 flies a P8-A Poseidon during intelligence surveillance reconnaissance drills on July 17, 2020.
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An experimental Army robot, nicknamed Origin, at the Project Convergence exercise at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.
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SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter and helicopters from US Army 35th Combat Aviation Brigade fly in formation over guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) after US Army-Navy interoperability training.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016.
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
