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Big air exercise over South Korea; Yemen takes turns for the worse; Expect new US natsec strategy within weeks; Beijing confirms basing warplanes in the South China Sea; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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North Korea’s Military Capabilities, In Review

North Korea has embarked on an accelerated buildup of weapons of mass destruction and modernization of its already large conventional force.

  • Eleanor Albert, Council on Foreign Relations
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FBI, DHS Warn of Hacker Mercenaries Funded by Nation-States

Lawmakers also are considering giving Homeland Security more authority to test anti-drone tech.

  • Joseph Marks
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Mike Flynn charged with lying to the FBI; America's drone war expands to Niger; Why the Army is rebuilding ammo from WWII; Are hobbyists’ drones spying for China?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?

Pyongyang’s message boils down to ‘it’s no use shutting the gate after the horse has moved on.’

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
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North Korea's kinda big ICBM; Marine artillery to exit Syria; Russia gets an air base in Egypt; USSOF in the spotlight in Somalia; China adds two subs; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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North Korea tests another ICBM; Russia to build own internet directory; US previews more aggressive strategy in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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How the US and China Differ on North Korea

They are at odds over the nature of the threat posed by Pyongyang.

  • Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
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30 US strikes on Somalia this year; Top enlisted leaders say ‘what readiness crisis?’; Russian fighter buzzes Navy P-8; Hawaii resumes Cold War siren tests; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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White House stops arming Kurds in Syria; US presence in Iraq, Afghanistan rises to 26K troops; China’s anti-stealth quantum radar; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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3 missing in Navy plane crash; Russia undermines killer-robot talks; Airstrike in Somalia; N. Korean dashes to freedom across DMZ; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US bombs Afghan opium labs, lays out 2-year plan; Troop deaths rose in 2017; N. Korea back on terror list; Putin, Assad meet; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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American troop spike in Mideast; USAF increasingly focused on space; US helps hunt for missing Argentine sub; Ukraine shows off armed drone; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Iraq takes last ISIS-held town; Why US will stay in Syria; Cyber fight brews; Preconditions for NorK nuke talks, kind of; and just a bit more....

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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China contradicts Trump; USAF wants new nukes faster; US strikes soar in Somalia; Inside NATO’s weirdest relationship with Russia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Inside the Weirdest Relationship a NATO Ally Has with Russia

Nationally, relations are cool as Norway pushes soldiers north and invests in anti-submarine capabilities. Regionally? It’s a different matter.

  • Caroline Houck
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Army Chief: The US Needs More Troops in Europe

The U.S. is "on track," but additional armored forces, long-range artillery and bridging capabilities would help deter Russia, Milley says.

  • Caroline Houck
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US Airstrikes Soar in Somalia

U.S. Africa Command has released data on 18 strikes this year, more than four times the average over the previous seven years.

  • Ben Watson
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Possible coup in Zimbabwe; House-passed NDAA busts budget caps; Riyadh’s eye-popping anti-missile claim; Coalition slaps back at Russian misinfo; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Can Russia Help the US as Much as Trump Says It Can?

What the U.S. president may have in mind when he tweets about teaming up with Putin “to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism."

  • Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
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