An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell poses for a photo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Schloss Meseberg palace on July 6, 2018 near Gransee, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems of the Russian Southern Military District's missile regiment on combat duty. (Sergei Malgavko/Getty Images)
Technicians work in a crane next to Notre Dame cathedral following the massive fire earlier this month, on April 29, 2019 in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin followed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov attend the welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, speaks to members of the press outside Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy on February 14, 2019. (NurPhoto/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish President Andrzej Duda give a statement before talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 17, 2016. (JOHN MACDOUGALL/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Macron, and German Chancellor Merkel attend the closing ceremony of a global governance forum in Paris, France, March 26, 2019. (Getty Images)