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Could North Korea Shoot Down US Warplanes?

Some of Pyongyang's surface-to-air missiles are old, but its newer ones could threaten American aircraft.

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Dunford: Six Months From Now, ISIS Will Have ‘Less Credibility’

But they — and four other major threats to the U.S. — aren’t going anywhere, the Joint Chiefs chairman says.

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'It’s Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent’

The Turkish government believes that self-determination for the Kurds represents an existential threat to the NATO ally.

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‘Cyber Defense Is Very Much About Political Decisions’

When European defense ministers played a tabletop cyber defense exercise, things got hard very quickly.

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In Fiery UN Speech, Trump Delivers The Far-Right Goods

The black-helicopter crowd, and the president’s base, should love this Bannon-esque, undiplomatic speech, filled with ‘America First,’ ‘radical Islamic extremism,’ and cries for sovereignty over collective security.

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The Problem of Securing London's Tube

Friday's explosion was not fatal, but it shows how transit networks are especially vulnerable to terrorism.

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US Military Leaders Worry About Iran’s Media Operations

Forget Russian fake news. Iranian media and messaging are thwarting U.S. efforts across the Middle East.

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‘Is There Something Going On?’: On Scene at STRATCOM As North Korea Launches Missile

The head of U.S. Strategic Command is whisked to his operations center as a missile flies over Japan.

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Future US Navy Accident Investigations Will Look for Cyber Attacks

The fleet’s info-warfare chief has a team aboard the damaged USS McCain. The main thing she expects to learn is how to do this kind of investigation.

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Swarmed With Mosquitoes After Harvey, Texas Calls in the Air Force

The Air Force is spraying a controversial insecticide across 6 million acres to kill mosquitoes brought in by Hurricane Harvey.

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‘I Want to Finish This’: US Special Ops Leaders Urge Washington to Stick by the Syrian Kurds

Commanders inside Syria say rebels are doing all they hoped for — and are the best shot to break the region's cycle of terrorism.