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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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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members wave to the Izumo helicopter carrier on March 25, 2015 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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Le porte-avions Charles de Gaulle croisant avec le USS Enterprise en mer Méditerranée, en 2001. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Doug Pearlman/Wikimedia Commons)
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President-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) pulls alongside USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) off the coast of Southern California, April 28, 2015. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ignacio D. Perez/ Released)
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Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, with Rep. Robert Wittman, R-Va., holds a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
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A flag flying at an undisclosed location in Iran next to a surface-to-surface Qiam-1 (Rising) missile, August 20, 2010. (VAHID REZA ALAEI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Three A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., during an air refueling training mission, April 14, 2006. (Senior Airman Christina D. Ponte/DefenseLINK/Released)
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
