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Defense One Radio, Ep. 189: The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
A seasoned special operations reporter shares what some troops think about the Trump administration's plans to use the military against Latin American drug cartels.
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How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillance
The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.
Ideas
This isn’t how wars are ended: a veteran diplomat puts Trump-Putin summit in context
Hastily convened without Ukrainian input, the summit is "amateurish and is unlikely to yield real results," says Donald Heflin, now a Tufts professor.
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Documents detail China's AI-powered propaganda push
A trove of documents from a Chinese firm reveal influence operations that run at unprecedented speed and precision, Vanderbilt University researchers say.
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Trump federalizes DC police, declares emergency as crime hits 30-year low
The DC National Guard will be deployed, and the president said he might send in other military forces to help.
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Trump's terror-prevention cuts leave Americans exposed
Since February, at least five government offices devoted to countering violent or terrorist groups have been slashed or shuttered.
Defense Systems
DOD’s IT agency zooms in on secret cloud for strategic partners
The Defense Information Systems Agency is focused on delivering classified, cloud-based mission partner environments in the Indo-Pacific region.
Science & Tech
Will 2026 be military lasers’ breakthrough year?
The Army is ready to award a production contract for vehicle-based directed-energy air defense.
Defense Systems
Can COFFEE filters calm the spectrum tug-of-war?
A DARPA project aims to help military and commercial gear squeeze more use out of hotly coveted frequencies.
Business
ULA’s heavy-lift rocket prepares to launch first Space Force mission
The company plans to loft nine missions this year, down from the once-hoped-for 20.
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Inside Israel's June 13 attack on Iran
How the Mossad secretly recruited Iranian dissidents to attack their country from within.
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Small defense firms are tempting targets for nation-state hackers: NSA
Some 80% of contractors are relatively small, said the NSA’s head of defense-industry security, who has helped hundreds of them spot thousands of vulnerabilities in their systems.
Business
Defense One Radio, Ep. 188: Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
The last in our series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.
Policy
Are CISA cuts making America safer? Current and former officials clash at hacker conference
CISA's spokesperson backed the narrowing of the cyber agency’s scope, while a former NSA leader said it lowers the country's defenses.
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