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)
US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo attend a welcome ceremony at the Pentagon on April 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (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)
Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Shinzo Abe arrives for an event held before the party's annual convention on February 10, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured during the meeting with Li Keqiang (not pictured), Prime Minister of China, on July 09, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Getty Images)
An F-16 fighter pulls up in a steep climb during rehearsals for a public airshow at the military airbase in Taitung on July 9, 2018. (CHRIS STOWERS/AFP/Getty Images)
Aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fly in the sky during a drill on the second flight training day of the New Year at Liaodong Peninsula on January 3, 2019 in Liaoning Province of China. (VCG via Getty Images)
A pedestrian walks past a stock indicator board showing the share price of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on December 26, 2018. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)