Threats

Wildfires Are So Dangerous Now that the National Guard Prepares for Them Like Hurricanes

For West Coast units, there’s no wildfire season anymore. ‘It’s really a fire year now,’ top general says.

  • Tara Copp
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The Most Targeted Vulnerability of the Year Was First Identified in 2017

In a joint advisory, international cybersecurity officials say failure to patch years-old vulnerabilities makes attributing cyberattacks more difficult.

  • Mariam Baksh
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Today's D Brief: Austin in Manila; WH vs. COVID; New sanctions on Iran?; Afghan Air Force's collapse; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Biden’s 6-Month Clock On Russia-U.S. Nuke Talks Starts Now

Officials met for the first time in Geneva on Wednesday. They’re set to come together again in September.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
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Today's D Brief: Vax to be required for feds; Cybersecurity push; Jan. 6 ‘terrorism’; China, Taliban talk; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: US to end combat role in Iraq; Warfighting concept ‘failed miserably’; Austin vows to help Taiwan; VA to require staff vaccinations; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

‘It Failed Miserably’: After Wargaming Loss, Joint Chiefs Are Overhauling How the US Military Will Fight

In a fake battle for Taiwan, U.S. forces lost network access almost immediately. Hyten has issued four directives to help change that.

  • Tara Copp
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The D Brief: Plan for Iraq?; New Somalia strikes; DDG-1000 ops; Army LT hits gold; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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The D Brief: Troops to leave Iraq?; Taliban: no peace under Ghani; SOCOM & AI; Border-wall builder seeks buyer; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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The D Brief: Taliban momentum; US acquiesces to Russian pipeline; US seeks talks with N. Korea; Honorary Green Berets; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: US strikes Somalia; Austin, Milley at the Pentagon; Nuclear football, under review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Afghans headed to Virginia; DoD’s space norms; China’s cyber evolution; ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: China’s MSFT hack; Bagram ‘ghost town’; China’s space program; Gamer leaks secret tank details; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Today's D Brief: Flurry of Afghan diplomacy; Journalist killed in Kandahar; Gen. Miller, profiled; Milley’s new weapons warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The Next War’s ‘Butcher’s Bill’ Will Match WWII’s—Unless the US Adapts, Milley Says

NATO militaries must master new technologies, from AI to next-gen long-range fires, within 15 years, Joint Chiefs chair warns.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
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Today's D Brief: OpSec and Allies Refuge; Merkel at the WH; Loud tanks; Landing in Bucharest; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: WH to launch special Afghan evacuation; Russia’s new security strategy; Kristi Noem’s National Guard; From Iraq to an insurrection; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Science & Tech

Information Warfare Looms Larger in Russia’s New Security Strategy

Kremlin’s first update in six years decries foreign influence, calls for more Russian info ops.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Kabul summons warlords; INDOPACOM’s China warning; Troops to Haiti?; Germany creates space command; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

Impersonations of Military Members on Social Media On the Rise, New Report Says

Be skeptical of that admiral who just asked you out on Twitter.

  • Patrick Tucker
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