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14,000 km
Vladimir Putin alleged that the test of Russia's new nuclear Burevestnik missile lasted around 15 hours, with the missile traveling more than 14,000 kilometers.
SOURCE: "Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Missile: Implications for Missile Defense" by CSIS's Patrycja Bazylczyk and Hannah Freeman.
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39 percent
Central Asia holds substantial reserves of critical minerals. Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, is the world’s leading uranium supplier, producing 39 percent of global output in 2024.
SOURCE: "Ten Years of C5+1: U.S.–Central Asia Minerals Cooperation" by CSIS's Gracelin Baskaran and Kamal Aubakirov.
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11,000
The impact of extreme heat on U.S. economic and national security is real and growing. From 2018 to 2022, the Department of Defense documented over 11,000 cases of heat-related illness among military members.
SOURCE: "Three Steps to Protect the United States Against Extreme Heat" by CSIS's J. Stephen Morrison, Katherine E. Bliss, and Christina E. Zielke.
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26 million
As the largest donor government in the global HIV response, the United States is credited with changing the trajectory of the disease, saving an estimated 26 million lives.
SOURCE: "Africa’s HIV Response and Emerging Health Security Redesign" by CSIS's Alicia Carbaugh.
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