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China May Be Preparing Refugee Sites in Case of a Korean War

A leaked document from a Chinese telecommunications company hints that Beijing is anticipating an influx of war refugees.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Subway blast in NYC; North Korea’s emerging biothreat; China ups its spy game; US seeks loitering kamizake drones; and just a bit more…

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Shutdown averted, for now; ‘Day of rage’ in Jerusalem; Coalition resumes striking ISIS in Syria; DoD aims to start programs in just 12 months; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Olympic-sized safety question; Trump convenes top lawmakers as shutdown looms; Emergency Jerusalem task force stands up; How F-35 might cue missile defenses; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Okay, Say Someone Hacks into the US Power Grid. Then What?

A joint research project between the Department of Energy and a geographic analytics company is mapping just how far the repercussions could spread.

  • Caroline Houck
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US bucks international consensus over Jerusalem; Navy blames Congress for wasting $4B; ISIS war leaves Philippine island in ruins; A drone that drops from a fake bomb; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump’s military would outspend Reagan’s, CBO says; What’s next for Yemen; US subhunters to return to Iceland; Save the Pentagon’s innovation insurgency; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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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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