An airman unstraps an inert Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during the Lone Star Challenge at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on July 13, 2023. (US Air Force photo)
Russian ships and jets take part in a military exercise on the coast of the Black Sea in Crimea on September 9, 2016. (Photo by Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute