Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
![Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces descend from helicopters at the foot of Mt. Fuji, August 21, 2012. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10561/feature_2014_08_21_arthur.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=tAIDx1RF)
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Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces descend from helicopters at the foot of Mt. Fuji, August 21, 2012. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)
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![The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Strait of Hormuz, June 14, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Barnes)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10548/feature_2014_08_14_mc_grath.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=z5rHDVvU)
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The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Strait of Hormuz, June 14, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Barnes)
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![A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10535/feature_2014_08_12_arthur.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=GkKvE9Hi)
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A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
![Israeli soldiers in front of the separation-barrier during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers, at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, August 13, 2014. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10523/feature_2014_08_11_gabe.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=tZSSTc_x)
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Israeli soldiers in front of the separation-barrier during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers, at the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint, August 13, 2014. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10529/feature_2014_08_11_singer.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=USTeBQ3O)
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Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on August 5, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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![A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10522/feature_2014_08_06_lee_smith.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=cUvlWQvU)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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In the Media
![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)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10465/feature_2014_07_23_haqqani.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=rT7VVVFG)
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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)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10439/feature_2014_07_21_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=ay_qEVPD)
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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)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10456/feature_2014_07_21_jack_david.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=IEvEs5oZ)
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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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