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)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship JS Kunisaki breaks away from the formation after a group sail on July 22, 2024, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. (US Air Force photo)
People walk by an European flag in the German Lower House of parliament ahead of the upcoming summit of the European Council and the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017. (Jorge Silva/AFP via Getty Images)
93rd Brigade training with an International M1224 MaxxPro Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected infantry transport vehicle and two Soviet BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 27, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)