Defense Strategy

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ships JS Kashima and JS Shimakaze take part in joint drills with NATO allies on June 6, 2022, in the Mediterranean Sea. (Michelle Tucker via DVIDS)

Ukrainian Army soldier Ihor Gutsenko gets ready to fly an Airlogix unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance drone in a field outside Kyiv on November 9, 2022. (Paula Bronstein via Getty Images)

Xi Jinping arrives for the G20 leaders' summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15, 2022. (Mast Irham/AFP via Getty Images)

Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a systems check on their VROD/VMAX electronic warfare equipment before conducting a tactical exercise in El Paso, Texas, on November 20, 2018. (US Army Photo)

A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Aviano Air Base, Italy, on June 16, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brooke Moeder)

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd US-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on December 2, 2021. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Chinese J-20 stealth fighters of the People's Liberation Army Air Force perform at Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai, China, on November 8, 2022. (CNS/AFP via Getty Images)

A US Navy Douglas F4D-1 Skyray assigned to Carrier Air Group 21 (CVG-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in flight off Taiwan, circa 1958. (Wikimedia Commons)

A Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the Pacific Ocean on February 13, 2013. (US Navy photo)

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