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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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The Virginia-class attack submarine Minnesota is under construction at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. (US Navy photo courtesy of Newport News Shipbuilding)
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Indian Border Security Force personnel and Pakistani Rangers lower their respective flags during the daily beating retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah Post on August 15, 2021. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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Airmen store an F-15C Eagle in a hardened aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Maria on July 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (DVIDS)
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Ukrainian soldiers receive training in trench digging, medical care, and drone operations in Kurakhove, Ukraine, on January 16, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the shipyards of the Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation in Vancouver, Washington, in 1943�44. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers fire at drones near Lyman, Ukraine, on April 24, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Quad Alliance Foreign Ministers pose for a group photo at the Japan's prime minister office in Tokyo, Japan on July 29, 2024. (Zuma Press / Rodrigo Reyes Marin / Pool/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Indian soldiers in T-90 Bhishma battle tanks take part in a Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2019. (Getty Images)
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David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
