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)
Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 16, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 22, 2023. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)
An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, takes off for a Red Flag 23-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on January 24, 2023. (US Air Force Photo by William R. Lewis)
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne at the US Department of State, in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2021. (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha)