Security Alliances
Security Alliances
![MARINE CORPS AIR STATION KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 28, 2022) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jhovan Vigil, 29th Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper instructor sensor operator, launches an MQ-9 Reaper during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 28, at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Unmanned and remotely operated vessels extend the capability of interconnected manned platform sensors to enhance the warfighting capacity of multinational joint task forces. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.17.2023%20Cronin%20DefAero.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=I0a3P6nj)
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An airman launches an MQ-9 Reaper during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on July 28, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
![GARDEN ISLAND, Australia – Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) salute the national ensign after arriving at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Feb. 27. Asheville is currently on patrol in support of national security interests in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (Courtesy photo by Australia Department of Defence)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.10.2023%20Cronin%20DefAero.jpg?h=a141e9ea&itok=Pod9foOT)
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Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville salute the national ensign after arriving at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base on February 27, 2023. (Australia Department of Defence)
![GROTON, Conn. (Oct. 29, 2018) The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) transits the Thames River as it arrives at her new homeport of Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, Oct. 29. The submarine made the transition from the shipyard to a fully operational, combat-ready vessel after officially joining the fleet on Sept. 29, during a commissioning ceremony in Port Canaveral, Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Hoskins/Released)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.13.2023%20Clark%20ABC.jpg?h=49f6deac&itok=DqE0jBfc)
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The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana transits the Thames River as it arrives in Groton, Connecticut, on October 29, 2018. (US Navy photo by Steven Hoskins)
![Gen. Robert Spalding, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, tells NTD that the United States is resourcing its authoritarian adversary, China, after U.S. intel chiefs released a report on March 8 that says China seeks to undercut the United States.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.08.2023%20Spalding%20NTD.jpg?h=414d30f2&itok=hAb6O4UB)
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(Screenshot via NTD)
![A view of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, which was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. (Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.08.2023%20Walters%20Japan%20Times_0.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=XY9o825K)
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A view of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, which was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. (Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
![NATO Indo-Pacific](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/02.25.2023%20Odgaard.jpg?h=a56855fa&itok=GqPzSu_c)
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HMS Queen Elizabeth launches a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and JS Kaga in the background as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise in Bay of Bengal, on October 17, 2021. (Russell Lindsey via DVIDS)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 1, 2023. [State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/03.03.2023%20Coffey%20Arab%20News.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=Jr6msPP4)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Uzbek Acting Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 1, 2023. (State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)
![ARDEN ISLAND, Australia - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) moors at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Nov. 28. Mississippi is currently on patrol in support of national security interests in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Hall)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.27.2023%20Lee%20The%20Australian.jpg?h=8c1344d8&itok=XHeFMXJN)
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The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi moors at Stirling Naval Base in Western Australia on November 28, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by John Hall)
![U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, drive an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy during a loading exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 7, 2023. Marines with the battalion conducted the exercise in order to rehearse the planning and execution of embarking a self-sustaining platoon on a C-5. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.27.2023%20Heinrichs%20Memo_0.jpg?h=9855f42d&itok=DCcArDmz)
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US Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, drive an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy during a loading exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton in California on February 7, 2023. (US Marine Corps photo by Cameron Hermanet)