A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
An oil drilling platform waiting to be repaired in Cromarty Firth near the port of Invergordon, Scotland, on May 29, 2010. (Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A Russian T-72 tank fires during joint military exercises between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Iran, Pakistan, and Myanmar at the Raevsky range in Southern Russia on September 23, 2020, during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
US soldiers coordinate boat movement during a wet-gap crossing operation as part of joint military drills Dęblin, Poland, on May 13, 2022. (Army National Guard Photo)
Ukrainian solders conduct squad battle drills as part of Operation Fearless Guardian II, an initiative to increase Ukrainian defense compatibility with NATO forces, in Ukraine on December 15, 2015. (US Army Photo by Adriana M. Diaz-Brown)
An Azerbaijani soldier keeping guard by the Aras River, which forms much of Azeri-Iranian border, in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan, on December 7, 2020. (Murat Kaynak/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
A Russian RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile complex during the Victory Day Parade main rehearsals on May 7, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)