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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Defense Strategy
Defense Strategy
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President Obama with Defense Secretary Hagel (3rd L), U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Odienaro (2nd L), Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Welsh (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dempsey (R), May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty)
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Destroyed ammunition is stored in a container during a press day at the GEKA facility on March 5, 2014 in Munster, Germany. (Nigel Treblin/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants parade down a street in downtown Gaza City on August 29, 2014. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jennifer L. Confer directs a V-22 Osprey from the USS Ashland (LSD 48), Nov. 22 2013. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Allen Onstott/Released)
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A tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
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Russian Topol-M ICBMs drive across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2008. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
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
