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Russia Plans to Cut Off Some Internet Access Next Week

The Dec. 23 test aims to evaluate a system meant to control traffic, veil hackers, and quash dissent.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Libyan conflict divides Mideast; Tiny waves, big promise; More DOD leaders leave; WH fights new Russia sanctions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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US Military Should Deepen Its Use of Deception, Pacific Air Forces General Says

“Gadget" culture won’t beat China, says Gen. Charles Q. Brown.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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Lawmakers go to bat for New START; Influence ops evolve; US mulls 28% cut to embassy; US, Seoul can’t agree on payment; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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Breaking: PACOM braces for long-range DPRK missile; More Afghanistan withdrawals coming?; Fooling satellites; Military planning should add economic tools; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Ep. 61: Influence operations in 2020

In 2016, Moscow sowed division with fake news. Today, Russian agents simply reflect the things Americans say about each other.

  • Defense One Staff
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Chinese officials arrested on US base; US asks NK to talk; Turkey threatens Incirlik access; Anti-ship missiles sought for Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Shutdown averted?; Terror case in NJ; Saudis try to cool Iran tensions; Norway rejects Huawei; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Pentagon Test-Fires 2nd INF-Banned Missile

The Air Force ran Thursday's launch from a static pad, which followed the Navy's August test from a mobile launcher.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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North Korea presses for deal; 70 die in Nigerien insurgent attack; Russia boosts sway in Egypt, Saudi; US surveillance practices, exposed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Esper 'Concerned' About Russian Influence in Egypt, Saudi Arabia

The defense secretary says Moscow's other Mideast efforts worry him more than its growing presence in Syria.

  • Katie Bo Williams
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Wall can’t take DOD funds; Taliban kill at US airfield; Saudi pilots grounded; Hacker tools, for rent; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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House announces impeachment charges; NDAA nears passage; NORTHCOM ups force protection; Amazon’s JEDI complaints; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
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Who’s Really to Blame for the ‘Ukraine Did It’ Conspiracy Theory?

Judging on the basis of public evidence, the narrative about Ukraine was propagated first and foremost by Americans, not Russian disinformation puppeteers.

  • Thomas Rid, The Atlantic
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Pensacola shooting, treated as terror; Many US troops think Russia’s an ally; N.Korean test; U.S. leaders’ Afghanistan lies; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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4 dead in Pensacola shooting; Trump’s unsecured calls; Carbon emissions, temps hit historic highs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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More US forces to the Mideast?; Missile parts seized at sea; CNO’s streamlined guidance; Plasma thrusters for sats; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Britain’s Secret War With Russia

The poisoning of a double agent sparked an intelligence and PR battle between London and Moscow, the details of which are only now emerging.

  • Tom McTague, The Atlantic
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Turkey’s Article 5 reversal; Russia’s disinfo in Lithuania; NATO spending ideas; Iran-Russia-China plan naval wargames; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Russian Trolls Are Hammering Away at NATO’s Presence in Lithuania

A broad disinformation campaign of fake news and other tricks aims to turn the Baltic nation’s public against the alliance.

  • Patrick Tucker
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