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US sends Marines to Syria; ISIS loses control of Iraqi oil; The worst thing about the Vault7 leak; Army expects cargo-bots within a decade; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US Anti-Missile Batteries Arrive in South Korea, Touching Off Geopolitical Tumult

The weapon’s deployment converges with other tensions among China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, and the United States.

  • Josh Horwitz, Quartz
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Carnage in Kabul; Militias seize Libyan oil ports; Three ways of looking at NorK’s missile test; That Wikileaks dump; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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THAAD arrives in Korea; How Iraq got off the travel-ban list; Has the F-35 already seen combat?; US SOF is still hunting Kony; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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The Cyberwar Information Gap

Unlike a conventional military strike, state-on-state cyberattacks can go unreported for years.

  • Kaveh Waddell, The Atlantic
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Iraq Agreed to Share More Information With US to Avoid Travel Ban

Other countries will have a harder time pulling the same trick.

  • Patrick Tucker
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4 North Korean launches; Waves of car bombs in Mosul; China crashes US airpower conference; America can’t agree on its main threat; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Escalation in Yemen; Drone strikes soar under Trump; US, Russia, Hezbollah team up; USAF eyes laser-armed C-130; And just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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What Putin Is Up To

And why he may have overplayed his hand.

  • Strobe Talbott and Jessica Brandt, The Atlantic
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‘What we’re doing is working’ in Iraq; Hostile forces converging in Syria; Russian-backed forces advance in Ukraine; Navy’s cybersecurity chief, in conversation; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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UN Report Alleges Syrian War Crimes in Aleppo, Rebutting Russian Denials

The document backs up open-source and think-tank reporting on the Assad regime’s use of chlorine gas.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Trump praises budget in address to Congress; Iraqis surround Mosul; USAF eyes prop-driven attack planes; Iran test-fires missile from submarine; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Stocks rise on defense-spending proposal; Retired generals blast proposed cuts to State; Defeat-ISIS plan, delivered; USAF to retire iconic UAV; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Counter-Terror Chief: Expect Terrorist Drone Swarms 'Soon'

An upcoming competition will spotlight systems for downing enemy UAVs attacking solo or in groups.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Grinding through western Mosul; AQ deputy killed in Syria; No F-35 to Mideast for a few years; SecNav pick bows out; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Coalition troops storm into west Mosul; USAF’s new weapons to kill ISIS drones; POTUS and the nukes; VX in Malaysia; When ‘military’ isn’t ‘military’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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Coalition takes Mosul airport; McRaven lectures Trump on the 'enemy'; Turkey’s rebels ‘liberate’ Al-Bab; McCain to Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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The US, Turks and Saudis jostle for Raqqa; 3 urgent tasks for Trump’s natsec team; Russia charts Afghanistan’s future; B-52s have been busy vs ISIS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Now China Wants All Subs in the South China Sea to Ask Permission, Surface, Show Flag

Beijing's proposed revisions to maritime law, if adopted, could set up a nuclear naval confrontation with the United States in international waters China claims to own.

  • Steve Mollman, Quartz
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Mosul’s new phase; McMaster to the Situation Room; WH confuses Europe; Mattis says no to Iraqi oil theft; Gorka, in context; Drone suicide boat in Yemen; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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