Adam Rawnsley is a Philadelphia-based reporter covering technology and national security. He co-authors FP’s Situation Report newsletter and has written for The Daily Beast, Wired, and War Is Boring.
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CHENGDU, CHINA - JULY 07: Large military transport aircraft Xian Y-20 parks at an air force base after column-mounted air force on July 7, 2016 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. Developed by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation and officially launched in 2006, the aircraft Y-20 is the first cargo aircraft to use 3-D printing technology to speed up its development and to lower its manufacturing cost. It can be deployed in the transportation of personnel and heavy equipment during military assault, and humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping missions. It can also be configured for airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and aerial refuelling missions. (Photo by VCG)***_***
Iraqi men who fled the towns of al-Shirqat and Qayyarah during reported fighting between Iraqi government forces and jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group, wait for inspection by security forces on the outskirts of al-Shirqat before being transferred to a camp for displaced people on July 27, 2016.
IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground and are conducting operations to set the stage for the battle to recapture Mosul, the last IS-held city in the country.
/ AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - DECEMBER 14: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the counter-ISIL campaign in the Pentagon briefing room December 14, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. President Obama met previously with a National Security Council on the counter-ISIL campaign. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
ANKARA, TURKEY - AUGUST 01: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Joseph Dunford (L) meets with the Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, Hulusi Akar (R) at Turkish General Staff in Ankara, Turkey on August 01, 2016.
(Photo by Turkish Armed Forces/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
IZMIR, TURKEY - JULY 16 : One of the eight detained soldiers, allegedly involved in "Parallel State/Gulenist Terrorist Organization"s coup attempt and carried out an raid to a hotel, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stayed, is being escorted to a vehicle before their court, in Izmir, Turkey on July 16, 2016. Parallel state is an illegal organization backed by U.S.-based preacher Fetullah Gulen.
(Photo by Mustafa Yildirim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 28: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was converted using digital filters) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to the audience at the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mike Coppola/WireImage)
ALEPPO, SYRIA - JULY 27 : Civil defense members and citizens try to rescue people from the site of Russian forces' attack on opposition controlled Sahour neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on July 27, 2016. (Photo by Mamun Ebu Omer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON D.C., July 14, 2016-- U.S. FBI Director James Comey, right, and U.S. Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, July 14, 2016. U.S. Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson warned on Thursday of possible violence during the upcoming Republican National Convention. (Xinhua/Bao Dandan via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 18 Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry speak at a news conference after a United Nations Security Council meeting on Syria at the United Nations in New York on December 18, 2015. 20 nations from around the world gathered to discuss the ongoing conflict. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 21: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Forum for Strategic Initiatives July 21, 2016 in Mosow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
SYRIA JUNE 18, 2016: Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (C) inspects the Hmeymim airbase in Syria. Vadim Savitsky/TASS (Photo by Vadim SavitskyTASS via Getty Images)
MAHMOUR, IRAQ - JULY 15 : Iraqi people who fled from their villages due to the clashes, arrive at Baghert region, near Mahmour, Iraq on July 15, 2016. Iraqi people reached at Baghert region as Peshmerga and Iraqi forces' rescue operation from Daesh continue in Mosul. (Photo by Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
This handout picture taken and released on July 20, 2016 by Turkish Presidential Press Office shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairing a meeting of the National Security Council (MGK) at the Presidential Palace in Ankara.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today chaired a crunch security meeting for the first time since the failed coup, after a widening purge that has seen around 50,000 people either detained or sacked. / AFP / TURKEY'S PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / KAYHAN OZER (Photo credit should read KAYHAN OZER/AFP/Getty Images)
BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15: (CHINA OUT) A group of J-10 air fighters perform during an aerial show held to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force on November 15, 2009 in Beijing, China. Four J-10, six J-7GB fighters and the parachute team from the PLA Air Force took part in the show, staged in the Shahe airport in the northern suburbs of Beijing. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
