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Honour guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
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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)
Commentary
miles_yu
miles_yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
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Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron maneuver an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the Lower Susitna Valley near Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 7, 2023. The HH-60G along with the 211th RQS HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and rescue personnel from the 212th RQS sit alert for the federal search and rescue mission across Alaska’s vast Arctic region. The HC-130J’s aerial refueling capability significantly extends the HH-60G Pave Hawk’s range for conducting search and recovery missions. (Alaska N
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A search helicopter of the Alaska Air National Guard flies over Anchorage, Alaska, on February 7, 2023. (Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso)
In the Media
bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., Aug. 4, 2022. The rocket carried the sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite and is a missile detection and early warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Dakota Raub)
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on August 4, 2022. (US Space Force photo by Dakota Raub)
Podcast
bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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