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 protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
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)
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev receives Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Baku, Azerbaijan, on March 17, 2024. (Azerbaijani Presidency via Getty Images)
A Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft approaches the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during exercise Steadfast Defender 24 on March 6, 2024, in the Norwegian Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danielle Serocki)
Ukrainian soldiers of the 79th brigade in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat near of Lyman, Ukraine, on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers receive training at an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sail in formation in the Philippine Sea on June 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)
A Ukrainian soldier looks at the sky after hearing the sound of a nearby drone at the Bakhmut front line in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Ignacio Marin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on February 23, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)