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Tech-outreach shakeup; More Baghdad bombings; What to do with ISIS captives?; USAF greenlights two new Air Force Ones; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Big bombing in Baghdad; Major weapons costs going down; Top US spy talks Mideast; Sarajevo’s lessons for Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Busy night for SpecOps; Thwarted raid in Somalia?; US warship sails past another fake island; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Anti-ISIS war, ahead of schedule; F-35 production to quadruple; U.S. troops are on the ground in Yemen, confused in Afghanistan; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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After ISIS, Americans Fear Cyberattacks Most

Nearly three in four people consider them a major threat to the U.S., but presidential candidates have largely ignored the issue.

  • Kaveh Waddell, The Atlantic
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Big battle south of Aleppo; Taliban, al Qaeda linking up; What war in Libya might look like; China’s coming to RIMPAC; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Truce in Aleppo; ISIS firefight inside Saudi Arabia; Forget tech, people drive innovation; Watch the Navy’s drone ship sail; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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China's Military Just Released a Rap Video to Recruit Young Soldiers

Displaying rockets and fighter jets, it aims to show how Beijing's army is 'a powerful force as modernized as the United States military.'

  • Josh Horwitz, Quartz
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Remembering a SEAL; Kerry gives Assad a deadline; Russia moves 3 divisions west; The Army’s past 50 years in 1 chart; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US soldier killed in Iraq; New EUCOM for a new war footing; Israel plans F-35 ceremony; Why the Marines are short on fighter jets; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Watch: This Is What It's Like to Live and Die for ISIS in Iraq

A violent and graphic new video suggests the reality of fighting for the Islamic State is much different from the dominating successes their online messages portray.

  • Aamna Mohdin, Quartz
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Iraq on the brink; US pounds away at ISIS in Syria; India, US talk anti-sub warfare; The futuristic aircraft that may replace the Black Hawk; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Another Syrian medical facility hit; Infighting in Iraq; ISIS and the ‘loser effect’; Automating the hunt for mobile missiles; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The NSA Has No Idea How Many Americans It’s Spying On

Lawmakers, who are being asked to approve FBI access to wiretapped data, want some basic answers first.

  • Michael J. Coren, Quartz
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Syrian hospital, bombed; Army’s first female infantry officer; Boeing eats $156M on tanker; Hunting for missile launchers; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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ISIS foreigners down by 90%; New US-China flashpoint; Fighter pilot tapped to lead USAF; What’s wrong with Obama’s NSC; How US troops got hooked on Rip It; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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NorK preps 5th nuke test; Philippines insurgents’ ISIS ties; We need a Cyber JSOC; Navy may drop aquaflage; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Intelligence Chief: We Don’t Know If North Korea Has a ‘Boosted Bomb’

Pyongyang’s bomb-making capabilities remain opaque even to the nation’s top spy.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Lawmakers Want the Pentagon's Red Team Hackers to Be More Like China and Iran

It's all part of a push to make training more realistic and much more frequent, year by year.

  • Aliya Sternstein
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US triples troops in Syria; How to restart the F-22 line; Another NorK launch; USAF sets speed record; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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