National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
![Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1279145269.jpg?h=6606cf84&itok=zFowlDe9)
![Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system on October 8, 2023. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1712282735.jpg?h=d7e02577&itok=aw2uQN9x)
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Rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza City are intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system on October 8, 2023. (Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)
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In the Media
![The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/Stena%20Immaculate_Stena%20Imperative.jpg?h=818a38f0&itok=W9Zc8lip)
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The tankers Stena Immaculate and Stena Imperative, which have been reflagged as US registered vessels with US crews. (Courtesy of Crowley Maritime)
![The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound past the Seattle skyline on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian G. Reynolds)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/7627885.jpg?h=c1bc1ee9&itok=gzhFEJZk)
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound past the Seattle skyline on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Brian G. Reynolds)
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Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland display a French national flag with a x-mark on during a protest outside Niger and French airbase in Niamey on September 1, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)
![The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade fire from Soviet-era artillery in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/GettyImages-1683207710%20%281%29.jpg?h=cf1fba85&itok=SyCKl0rT)
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The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade fire from Soviet-era artillery in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on September 16, 2023. (Photo by Libkos/Getty Images)
![A Navy EA-18G aircraft takes off during a US Air Force Weapons School Integration (WSINT) exercise at Nellis Air Force Base on November 21, 2022. (US Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-10/7526204.jpg?h=bb19f282&itok=Omr07hQQ)
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A Navy EA-18G aircraft takes off at Nellis Air Force Base on November 21, 2022. (US Air Force photo by William R. Lewis)
![A vehicle with Somali National Army soldiers on patrol on October 17, 2022, near Doolow in the Gedo region of South West, Somalia. Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-09/GettyImages-1472632878.jpg?h=c9720776&itok=L6qfHelv)
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A vehicle with Somali National Army soldiers on patrol on October 17, 2022, near Doolow in the Gedo region of South West, Somalia. (Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA via Getty Images)
![A US Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on November 7, 2022. (Yosselin Campos via DVIDS)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-09/7504256.jpg?h=c04773a0&itok=gL-iuNTC)
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A US Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on November 7, 2022. (Yosselin Campos via DVIDS)