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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.
This aerial photograph taken on February 1, 2024, shows residential buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
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Residential buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Kharkiv, on February 1, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)
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mike_pompeo
Distinguished Fellow
heinrichs
heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
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nadia_schadlow
Senior Fellow
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luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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United States Marines prepare an RQ-7B Shadow during an exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 near Yuma, Arizona, on April 10, 2015. (US Marine Corps vis DVIDS)
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United States Marines prepare an RQ-7B Shadow during an exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 near Yuma, Arizona, on April 10, 2015. (US Marine Corps vis DVIDS)
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bryan_clark
bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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