Threats

Trump tweets, Hong Kong burns; Huawei spy ops exposed in Africa; Hackers waltz into F-15s, voting machines; Syria’s HTS rebels shoot down a plane; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

China vs. protestors; Russia evacuates blast site; Syria rebels, besieged; Twin car-bombs in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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35 North Korean cyberattacks; Russia’s nuclear accident; Ebola’s now curable; B-2 over Kansas; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The Yemen war is fragmenting; US Marine, KIA; Pyongyang tests more missiles; Russia’s nuclear accident; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Trump ousts another intel leader; India-Pakistan tensions mount; America’s new hypersonics capital; Mysterious Russian radiation; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

ISIS ‘resurging’ in Syria; Esper gets a horse; Clashes erupt in southern Yemen; Radiation spikes in Russia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Taliban VBIED hits Kabul; ‘Great power competition,’ explained; North Korea’s warning to the US; Russian arms to the Arctic; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

US, China trade war deepens; Esper on missiles in the Pacific; Taliban violence continues; WH escalates in Venezuela; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. The US Has a Handful of Old Minesweepers

The Navy's minesweeping fleet may once again be called into action, but their sailors say the ships are too old and broken to do the job.

  • Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica
Threats

The year’s 250th and 251st mass shootings; Turkey threatens to invade Syria; Would-be DNI, dropped; DOD’s megacloud, on hold; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

How Many Attacks Will It Take Until the White-Supremacist Threat Is Taken Seriously?

FBI Director Christopher Wray said recently that the bureau doesn’t “investigate the ideology, no matter how repugnant. We investigate violence.”

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Threats

Afghan drawdown latest; INF, dead; FBI names a new domestic-terror threat; More DPRK missiles; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

INF lapses tomorrow; Iran’s top diplomat, sanctioned; Houthis attack Aden; The Arctic is on fire; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Three Ways Cities and States Can Ward Off Ransomware Attacks

A federal cybersecurity agency and state government associations issued guidance for city, county and state governments.

  • Andrea Noble
Threats

North Korea tests more missiles; Ratcliffe’s thin resume; Myriad border-security contracts; Dem candidates’ natsec views; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Trump sets drawdown deadline; Allies ignore US calls; Spy chief pick draws fire; 50 key events in cyber history; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

DNI, out; Boko Haram is back; UK warships, escorting; USAF readiness, falling; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

How the US Could Lose a War With China

It’s not that the Chinese Communist Party would take over Washington. But in its own region, China has the advantage.

  • Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
Threats

South Korea's Tough Choice: The US or China?

Caught between its security ally and its top trading partner, Seoul is trying to have it all.

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Threats

GOP blocks election-security bills; US to Turkey: let’s make a deal; Iran tests missile; Deadly Taliban attacks in Kabul; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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