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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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Recruits of the Alcatraz assault battalion prepare for medical and trench training in Donetsk Oblast on January 31, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Apache test detonation on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on July 8, 1956. (Getty Images)
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Internet is monitored for potential threats, bugs, and viruses on May 4, 2010, in Columbia, MD. (Jeffrey MacMillan via Getty Images)
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Map of Asia from 1902 showing Arabia, Persia, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and the Chinese Empire. (The Print Collector via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, 2015, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang via Getty Images).
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Ukrainian soldiers work on a Soviet era Pion self propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on January 27, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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United States Navy Sailors with Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Basilone during a commissioning ceremony on November 9, 2024, in New York, New York. (DVIDS)
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A Naval Science Institute student practices arc welding at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine on October 10, 2024. (US Navy photo by Branden Bourque)
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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
