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Tech leaders sit as they testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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Bryan Clark moderating a panel at the Apex Defense Conference on January 27, 2026. (Hudson Institute)
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(School of War)
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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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Two Iran-made ballistic missiles are displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via the US Senate)
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Seahawk, a medium uncrewed surface vessel prototype, departs Naval Base Point Loma, California, on August 6, 2025. (US Navy)
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via YouTube)
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A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)
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A Ukrainian serviceman holds the GOR drone on March 14, 2025, in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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The Russian military unveils the submarine Khabarovsk at Sevmash JSC Shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia, on November 1, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The fireball and plume from the Operation Plumbbob shot Priscilla atomic explosion are seen at Camp Mercury in Yucca Flats, Nevada, on June 24, 1957. (Getty Images)
Experts
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
