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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)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting with President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet at the White House on October 17, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Chinese Communist Party meeting in Beijing on September 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic successfully completed the first-ever known transatlantic crossing of an unmanned surface vessel on September 9, 2025, as it arrived in Troia, Portugal. (US Navy)
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A Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher BM-27 Uragan fires on Russian positions on October 3, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Nigerian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) stand guard in Monguno, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A man walks across a bus stand at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Torkham on October 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The European Union flag is displayed at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and leaders of other NATO countries pose for a photo during the NATO summit on June 25, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Getty Images)
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