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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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National Security and Defense
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Battle Group Poland U.S., U.K and 15th Mechanized Brigade Polish tactical vehicles perform river crossing training June 19 in Rukla (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)
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A plane director signals to the pilot of an F/A-18C Hornet from the "Wildcats" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 131 after landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (U.S. Navy)
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Members of a Chinese honor guard stand in formation before a ceremony to mark Martyr's Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein - Pool/Getty Images)
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A F-35B executes a short takeoff from the USS America during allied exercises between the Royal Navy and US Marines in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 20, 2021. (US Marine Corps/John Tetrault)
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Soldiers stand beside damaged operational vehicles recovered from Boko Haram jihadists on display at the headquarters of the 120th Battalion in Goniri, Yobe State, in Nigeria's restive northeast on July 3, 2019. (Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images)
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Viking ship in Norway (Unsplash)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
