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)
A Jumpmaster from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School instructs Soldiers to exit a CASA C-212 Aviocar aircraft to jump over Laurinburg-Maxton Airfield March 28, 2019 (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)
A general view shows the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain with a hole on its left portside after a collision with oil tanker, outside Changi naval base in Singapore on August 21, 2017. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Dancers perform on the stage during at the National Stadium (aka the Bird's Nest) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 28, 2021 in Beijing (Photo by Dong Ning/VCG via Getty Images)