Threats

One Year After Jan. 6 Attack, Push For Quick Reaction Force Is Dead On Capitol Hill

Experts also warn changes at DOD won’t speed up how quickly Guardsmen could respond to future incidents.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Ideas

Is Russia’s Su-75 ‘Checkmate’ Aircraft a Case of Vapor Marketing?

There’s less than meets the eye to the proposed fighter-bomber that made a splash at a recent industry show.

  • John V. Parachini and Peter A. Wilson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Capitol security, in review; Podcasters and the 'Big Lie'; North Korean rocket; New Navy first; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Caitlin M. Kenney
Policy

Cyberspace Solarium Commission to Reboot as a Non-Profit

After two years and a handful of legislative changes, the congressionally mandated group is dissolving—and returning to its work in a different form.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.

  • Craig Silverman, Craig Timberg, Jeff Kao and Jeremy B. Merrill, ProPublica
Threats

The Air & Space Brief: New Year’s Day blast; Microwave-to-solar power, 2021’s ‘Top Tens’

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Today's D Brief: Bankrolling election objectors; Russian tycoon nabbed; Rush to hypersonics?; A Few Good Snow Days; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

Why Do US Hypersonic Missile Tests Keep Failing? They’re Going Too Fast

If it’s so important to deploy these new missile types, development schedules should be revised to promote success.

  • Joshua Pollack
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef Austin's virtual week; CVN-75 in the Med; Saudi-China missile program; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

2021 Top Ten: COVID

Vaccines arrived, but so did vaccine refusal and new variants. And a two-year Army effort may produce the best vaccine yet.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Army

The Army took strides in its version of the Pentagon's connect-everything plan. But leaders said more changes are ahead.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

2021 Top Ten: Ideas

The intertwined need to confront China and climate change, turning the tables on Russian psyops, and more.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Navy

The sea service moved ahead with new warship ideas and tested new warfighting concepts. But will they win over Congress?

  • Defense One Staff
Policy

2021 Top Ten: Policy

From domestic extremism to China's challenges to lingering Mideast operations, defense leaders had their hands full.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Space Force

In a year when the military's newest service turned two, there remain plenty of unsettled policy areas.

  • Defense One Staff
Science & Tech

2021 Top Ten: Tech

Along with AI and JADC2, the year's top tech stories include the Army's December announcement of a vaccine that covers all possible COVID variants.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Air Force

The emergency evacuation from Kabul, unprecedented in scope and speed, was the operational highlight of the year.

  • Defense One Staff
Business

2021 Top Ten: Business

Industry hailed the Pentagon's cashflow assistance as personnel and supply-chain woes mounted. Now inflation might be the biggest concern.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Marine Corps

Plenty of changes are coming to the Corps as its commandant seeks nimbler units and a modern approach to recruiting and retention.

  • Defense One Staff
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 94: 2021, in review

We review some of the biggest ideas discussed this year on the podcast.

  • Defense One Staff
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