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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow late on April 29, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Two Air Force F-15s fly alongside a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft over Okinawa, Japan, on April 5, 2013. (US Air Force Photo by Maeson L. Ellerman)
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Mansu Hill Grand Monument in Pyongyang, North Korea, on January 2, 2017. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Joe Biden departs on the South Lawn of the White House on October 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen E jet fighter flies over Gotland in the Baltic Sea on May 11, 2022. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
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Military vehicles attend a rehearsal of the Victory Day parade on May 7, 2022 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Tian Bing/China News Service via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a news conference following the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) leaders meeting at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli in the Philippine Sea on September 12, 2022. (US Navy Photo by Malcolm Kelley)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
