Business
Three Women Advance to Next Phase of Army Ranger School
The last of the 19 women who began the first gender-integrated course for the Army’s elite Rangers will move on to the mountain stage.
Threats
Here’s the Biggest Difference Between US and Chinese Military Policy
What their public strategy documents say about the world’s leading military power and its up-and-coming rival.
Defense Systems
Army addressing an emerging threat: drones as IEDs
The service has adapted missile defense technology to defend against small drones that could pose a threat to friendly forces or infrastructure.
Defense Systems
White House offers protections to 22 million affected by OPM hack
A suspected Chinese hack of a security clearance database netted information on background checks dating to 2000.
Business
Pentagon Reconsidering Total F-35 Buy, Dunford Says
Gen. Joseph Dunford, the nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he’s willing to rethink the acquisition plan for the most expensive weapons program ever.
Business
Second OPM Hack Stole Data of 21.5M People, Including Biometric
The breach affects nearly everyone that underwent a background check through OPM in 2000 or later.
Policy
The Democrat Who Could Swing the Iran Deal
Chuck Schumer is caught between liberals who want to side with the administration, and hawks skeptical of rapprochement with Tehran.
Policy
The UN Still Can't Stop Genocide
A failure to recognize the 1995 massacre at Srebenica as genocide sent the world body decades into the past.
Science & Tech
The Best Way To Stick It To Dictators, Help Dissidents, and Boost Privacy
It makes the Internet safer and allows people living under autocracy to get around government censors. But the FBI wants to break it.
Defense Systems
7 advance to finals of DARPA's automated cyber challenge
The Cyber Grand Challenge is aiming to developed software that can fend off cyberattacks in real time.
Defense Systems
DOD looking for 'good enough' mobile security
Officials say they want enterprise-worthy devices that can be acquired quickly, but not ones that "try solve every problem."
Defense Systems
Report: NATO worried about comms gaps, Russia’s jamming power
A U.S.-Lithuanian joint exercise illustrated lingering allied communications problems as Russian electronic warfare capabilities improve.
Threats
Pentagon Moves Money to Counter Russia
The midyear budget request to Congress includes more money for submarine detection devices, more powerful guns on the Army’s Stryker vehicles, and improvements to nuclear command centers.
Policy
Lindsey Graham Gets Specific: We Need 20,000 U.S. Troops in Iraq and Syria
That makes him the only presidential candidate explicitly calling for a large American ground force — and the only one saying exactly what he’d do against the Islamic State.
Ideas
Why the Best Arguments Against an Iran Deal Are All Wrong
The West's leaders must not forget why they came to the negotiating table in the first place.
Policy
Hagel: Vietnam War Offers Lessons for Islamic State Fight
The former defense secretary shares some insight ahead of the congressional commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the war in Indochina.
Policy
America's New Approach to the Iran Negotiations
The US and other powers are calling Tehran's deadline bluffs.
Science & Tech