Threats
Pentagon update on National Defense Strategy cites progress, omits key threats
The report to Congress notes accomplishments but masks depleted arsenals, strategic distractions, and a quiet retreat from European defense.
After 40 days of combat, Navy destroyer returns home
During its 10-month deployment, USS Frank Petersen Jr. warded off scores of Iranian missiles and drones.
Hegseth orders cyber, intelligence agencies to prioritize election defense
The directive comes as the administration has dismantled or reorganized offices that tracked foreign influence and reduced civilian election security support.
Anthropic loses legal fight to shed DOD's designation as a 'supply-chain risk'
The label is more typically assigned to companies suspected of ties to adversarial governments.
Stolen FBI data reveals employees’ roles in intelligence and surveillance
Exposed analysts work on areas including China, Russia, and electronic surveillance. ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach this week. The FBI said it’s investigating.
Trump's FBI shut down investigation into defense contractor's alleged bribes
A CEO told agents about funneling money to U.S. lawmakers in return for Pentagon contracts worth millions of dollars. Then the probe was killed.
Space Force braces for stalled progress amid lack of full funding
Fiscal 2027 program starts are already on hold until December.
The Pentagon must prepare for battles around the moon: Joint Chiefs chair
Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach.
‘It was time’ to admit US has weapons in orbit, Space Force’s new leader says
Russian and Chinese advances led to the revelation, Gen. Douglas Schiess says at AFA.
Iran strikes exposed gaps in medical evacuation ops across Middle East: IG
Medical professionals have long warned that drones would cause higher U.S. battlefield casualties. A new Inspector General report shows the military is still scrambling to meet that challenge.
Russia is weaponizing US-built AI to make killer drones, cyberattack bots, and fake news
AI companies are sounding alarms, but the Trump administration isn’t acting on them.
25 years after 9/11, spy agencies face old lessons and new threats
Former intelligence officials describe a nation better equipped to disrupt terrorist plots, but still wrestling with the costs.
AI-powered biowarfare is coming; the Army lays plans to ‘fight through’ it
A new strategy aims to prepare to “deploy, fight, and win decisively in a bio-contested environment” by 2035.
China is trying to steal US AI models' secrets, intel agencies warn
NSA, FBI, and CISA cite “aggressive, malicious, and targeted" distillation tactics.
July’s breakout at OpenAI was far more complex than initially realized
Hundreds of AI agents collaborated to escape their containers, disguising their actions and even sacrificing themselves.
The US may lack the engineers to rebuild space assets in a future war: RAND
Industry is already short of skilled engineering personnel.
A Pacific conflict may not look like conventional war, SOCPAC commander says
At an irregular-warfare forum in Hawaii, commanders offer warnings and advice.
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FBI disables China-linked hacking tools used against US agencies
A hacking group used the tools to target networks belonging to NASA, the Federal Reserve, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Senate and the departments of Energy, Justice and Health and Human Services.
Treasury sanctions Iranian hackers tied to critical-infrastructure breaches
Four of the five people named in the cyber action were also charged last week in the Justice Department’s expanded Mabna Institute case.
AI-enabled deception threatens future operations, raises chances of large conflict, says Special Operations leader
“The information environment itself is much less transparent” now than in the past, and AI will make it worse, officials say.
