A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Members of the US Army's 11th Airborne Division and the Indian Army's 71st Mountain Brigade stand at parade rest during a rehearsal prior to the closing ceremony for bilateral training exercise Yudh Abhyas 2022 in Auli, India, on December 2, 2022. (US Army Photo by Christopher Dennis)
People watch a television broadcast showing a file image of a North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at the Seoul Railway Station on June 5, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
HMS Queen Elizabeth launches a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and JS Kaga in the background as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise in Bay of Bengal, on October 17, 2021. (Russell Lindsey via DVIDS)
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects China's Central Military Commission joint operations command center on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 conduct pre-dive checks during recovery efforts of a high-altitude balloon in the Atlantic Ocean on February 7, 2023. (US Navy photo by Ryan Seelbach)