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)
Ukrainian soldiers patrol with a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as the Russia-Ukraine War continues in Avdiivka, Donbas, Ukraine, on December 4, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia after a truck exploded near Kerch on October 8, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
US President Joe Biden delivers a statement urging Congress to pass his national security supplemental from the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
Ukrainian troops deploy in trenches retaken from the Russian army on the Vuhledar front line as the war between Russia and Ukraine continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on December 1, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier during a tactical and live-fire exercise on November 30, 2023, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference following his bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping ahead of the G20 summit on November 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers work on an Avenger AN/TWQ-1 anti-aircraft missile system on November 28, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Kostya Liberov/ Libkos via Getty Images)