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The D Brief: Second carrier to Mideast; Hormuz closure; AI fallout at DOD; El Paso drone weapon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers

The D Brief: DHS shutdown likely; US troops leave al-Tanf; CNO’s plea to industry; Crowded robot-boat market; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

US-NATO exercise rehearses taking out 1,500 targets a day to ‘overwhelm’ an enemy

Army’s 56th Multi-Domain Command is looking for electronic warfare-proof munitions, decoy drones.

  • Meghann Myers

The D Brief: El Paso, explained; Navy ships collide; Marines’ aviation plan; Estonia’s warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Russia still sees US as its top adversary, Estonian intelligence report says

Moscow’s gestures toward normalized relations are no more than an “illusory thaw.”

  • Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: More borderland, militarized; Every soldier a drone pilot; USAF hones hub-and-spoke basing; El Paso airport briefly closed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

NATO innovation chief: Alliance must speed up, or risk Russian invasion

Ukraine shows that “the obsolescence is nearly immediate,” for even the best weapons.

  • Patrick Tucker

The US military is taking control of more Texas borderland

The Air Force has added about 190 miles of Rio Grande riverbank to the 250 it already oversees.

  • Thomas Novelly

The D Brief: Pentagon’s industry performance reviews; CNO’s fighting instructions; Marine Corps’ clean audit; DOD’s new AI tool; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: More maritime strikes, seizure; Warships off Haiti; US official hints at new nukes; Introducing ‘Fictional Intelligence’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Cost of the DC Guard mission; Shipyard reports production rise; US dronemakers in Asia; Carrier clears builder’s trials; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

The D Brief: New START expires; Restoring a mil-to-mil tie; US, Iran to talk; CENTCOM hits ISIS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Fears of a nuclear arms race rise as New START expires

Fading U.S. leadership has countries from Poland to South Korea thinking about nuclear-weapons programs of their own.

  • Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: US downs Iranian UAV; Army to host drone competition; Guardsmen in civvies at ICE jail; Hegseth threatens Scouts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Munitions makers, investing; DOD’s new science board; Troops won’t go to MN; Venezuela plan reflects Iraq lessons; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: CBP’s wartime rhetoric; Agents’ high crime rate; Russian drone kills miners; Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: Shutdown watch; Lingering defense-strategy qs; JAGs’ unusual new jobs; Secret drone’s recent mission; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

The D Brief: Domestic Guard missions, priced; More strikes on Somalia; New ‘non-kinetic’ cell aids planning; GAO’s missile-warning warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: CBP report belies ‘terrorist’ charges; Rubio threatens Venezuelan leaders; ‘Unsustainable’ national-security strategy?; EU, India near trade deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Air Force mum on details of Mideast exercise amid military buildup

Similarly, details of a NORAD exercise in Greenland this month were not disclosed.

  • Thomas Novelly

The D Brief: Border Patrol boss out of MN; Misinformation pushback; Carrier reaches CENTCOM; Tariffs pledged on US shipbuilding partner; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston