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Arab group withdraws from Raqqa push; March on Mosul’s airport; White House asks $11.6b more for wars; UK-Norway boost cooperation; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Mosul fighting gets more brutal; Trump issues 100-days plan; Defense stocks soar; Airborne gets a bomb squad; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump, on top; Assad regime, cautiously optimistic; Arms exports soared under Obama; Diver may have found long-lost nuke; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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Election Day (at last!); Moving toward Raqqa; Army sends huge ammo shipment to Europe; Navy cancels ammo for newest warship; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Raqqa offensive moves to Phase 2; 28 hours of terror in Mosul; NATO on higher alert; US cyber-warns Russia ahead of Election Day; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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How Many Zero-Days Does the US Government Hold? Here’s the Best Guess Yet

A Columbia University report critiques the process that decides whether cyber vulnerabilities should be fixed or exploited

  • Joseph Marks
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Turkey arrests opposition leaders; Six villages taken in Mosul fight; US boosts efforts to secure the election; Things falling off military planes; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Deaths in Kunduz; Iraq’s 9th Armored enters Mosul; Raqqa offensive now ‘months’ away; USS Zumwalt vs. China’s Type 055 destroyer; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Mosul offensive takes a knee; ISIS ignites massive sulfur and oil fires; Context for China’s stealthy jet; DoD’s new top-secret phone; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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As China Shows Off J-20 Stealth Fighter, A Bit of Context

It takes more than a flyby at an airshow to deploy fifth-generation fighter jets in combat.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Deception and booby-traps as forces enter Mosul; Russia suspends Syrian peace talks; Surrogates describe Trump’s defense stance; Stop misusing ‘strategic’; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Iraqi SOF within rifle range of Mosul; Aleppo counter-siege slows; DoD’s plan to use AI to weave social-media and satellite photos; Our fake web toaster was hacked in an hour; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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Counter-siege in Aleppo; ISIS gathers human shields in Mosul; Marines want radio-hunting mini-missiles; Refueling F-35s from V-22; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Mosul offensive, mapped; Baghdad’s thermobaric rocket tank; US reinforcing Europe’s northern flank; China’s military-robot contest; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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CYBERCOM: We're Ready For War

Fort Meade says 133 Cyber Mission Force teams have reached initial operating capability, with full readiness two years away.

  • Joseph Marks
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After Mosul, on to Raqqa ‘within weeks’; Russian carrier enters Med; Special operators, caught on video; Army puts lasers on Strykers; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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DHS Is Drawing Up 'Strategic Principles' for Internet of Things

The Homeland Security secretary is working with law enforcement and private companies to prevent massive distributed denial of service attacks.

  • Joseph Marks
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35 ISIS leaders killed; Dozens dead at Pakistan police academy; USAF preps new gunship; Get ready to walk away from Incirlik; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US killing more ISIS leaders; Counterstrike in Kirkuk; China tried to hack a US aircraft carrier; Don’t let Aleppo become Guernica; and just a bit more…

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US Special Operators Accelerate Killings of ISIS Leaders

Defense Secretary Ash Carter says this will weaken Mosul’s defenders and stop attacks in the United States.

  • Kevin Baron
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