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)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a Japan-US-South Korea defense ministers meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on July 28, 2024. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho/Pool/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A banner featuring Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hangs next to an Iranian flag during his funeral in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Iranians attend a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran, on August 1, 2024. (Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)