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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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Pakistani soldiers patrol through a destroyed bazaar during a military operation against Taliban militants in Miranshah, North Waziristan, July 9, 2014. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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Three electronic warfare aircrafts, EA-6B 'Prowler', are parked on the flight deck of US aircraft carrier USS George Washington, December 10, 2010. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Two T-50 aircrafts over Seoul Air Base on September 27, 2013. (KIM DOO-HO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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French President Francois Hollande arrives at Forward Operating Base Nijrab, in Kapisa Province on May 25, 2012. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/GettyImages)
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Japanese Ground Self Defense Force honor guards hold national flags for visiting US Army General Martin E. Dempsey at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on October 28, 2011. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A live-fire self-defense missile exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Sept. 11, 2004. (DoD/Petty Officer 2nd class Jason P. Taylor, U.S. Navy/Released)
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Iranian elite revolutionary guards march during an annual military parade in Tehran on September 22, 2011. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Ian Crone
Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
