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US signals ‘new approach’ to North Korea; Israel’s Arrow hits...something; Army gets powerful new laser; Patriot missile takes out quadcopter; and just a bit more….

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US may send 1,000 troops to Syria; Trump’s ‘hard-power budget’; The messy future of Russian spying; New kinds of war demand a new defensive alliance; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Mosul battle enters final stages; In Syria, a suicide bomb as peace talks inch forward; SECDEF calls climate change a threat; Pirates return to Somalia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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China Won't Solve Washington's Problem with Kim Jong Un

Beijing’s current policy risks such a disaster, but the alternatives are hardly more palatable.

  • Minxin Pei, The Atlantic
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CIA returns to drone-striking; How NorK runs underground nuke tests; Former DoD intel chief on insider threats; Lawmakers decry proposed Coast Guard cuts; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump may relax battlefield rules; Executive-branch reorganization expected; Japan plans largest post-WWII naval foray; Jailbreak in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

As Missile Defense Technology Improves, So Do Odds of an Arms Race in the Pacific

Next year, the U.S. plans to deploy a shipboard interceptor to help protect Japan. China and Russia will not be amused.

  • Patrick Tucker
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South Korean president impeached; 2,500 more soldiers head to ISIS war; Generals plead: don’t cut State; What AFRICOM needs now; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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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