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Trump’s Nuclear Policy Has Failed

Recognizing that blunders and bad ideas have undermined stability and security is the first step toward recovery.

  • Jon Wolfsthal
Threats

Expected US COVID deaths double; DoD braces for ‘new normal’; US warships exercise north of Russia; 50 women have Ranger tabs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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State Dept. Reroutes Peacekeeping Gear To Coronavirus Fight In Africa

The move shows how the virus has refocused U.S. security policy.

  • Katie Bo Williams
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Esper Says Pentagon Is Bracing for a ‘New Normal’ That Lasts ‘An Extended Period of Time'

"What do we do over the next 6, 12, 18 months?” the defense secretary asked at a Monday virtual event.

  • Katie Bo Williams
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China faces rising anger; COVID’s deadliest day yet; Russian arms production slows; Former Green Beret: I led failed Venezuelan invasion; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Exclusive Science & Tech

Russian Arms Production Slowed by Coronavirus, Analysts Find

A report drawing on anonymized phone data, and other open-source information belies Vladimir Putin’s everything’s-under-control message.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Maryland deploys Guard to ward off feds; PA's Guard helps w/ nursing home care; Navy picks Italian frigate-builder; US hiding Afghan-war data; Israel bombs targets in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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US Army Wants to Model COVID's Impact on Combatant Commands

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has sent an urgent request for COVID-19 modeling and prediction analyses services.

  • Aaron Boyd
Threats

COVID’s US toll passes 60K; Dueling FONOPs; Naval exercise shrinks; Testing lags as states look to reopen; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Parts of the US Are Trying to Reopen Too Early

What will happen now that some Americans seem unwilling to wait for sufficient testing?

  • Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic
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Navy delays Crozier call; Outbreak grows on USS Kidd; COVID economic losses mount; Afghanistan’s prisoner dilemma; Facebook’s automated future; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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COVID sidelines Navy destroyer; Lebanon is reeling; Australians rush to get tracking app; Red-teaming the World Series; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US COVID deaths pass 50K; Permanent limits on F-35 speed; Navy wants to reinstate Crozier; Global defense spending hits post-Cold War high; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

COVID ‘emergency’ on Djibouti base; 17% of carrier crew infected; Army’s DIY masks; Summer deployments announced; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Pentagon lays out troop-testing plan; Iran orbits first satellite; Blue Angels vs. COVID; Ousted vaccine leader turns whistleblower; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Will the US Navy Sink Iranian Fast Boats in the Gulf? Maybe, Maybe Not

It may be time to formalize how orders are passed from the White House to the military.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Prepare for COVID’s 2nd wave; Needed: 100K more public-health workers; Russia’s pandemic problems; F-35 delays expected; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Georgia starts to reopen despite warnings, too few tests; DoD to Mexico: please restart arms factories; Is Kim Jong Un gravely ill? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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America’s testing problem; Feds fighting hospitals for PPE; Inside Modly’s wild last week; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Inside the Wild Final Week of the Acting Navy Secretary

How it all fell apart for Thomas Modly in seven days that included a two-plane, 50-hour trip to chastise a fired skipper to his sailors aboard a COVID-stricken aircraft carrier.

  • Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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