Threats

The Philippines Is About to Give Up the South China Sea to China

'We cannot win that,' President Rodrigo Duterte said of Scarborough Shoal this week. 'We can’t beat" China.

  • Steve Mollman, Quartz
Threats

US fires cruise missiles at Yemen; Network failure at USAF drone command; Anti-drone tech for ISIS fight; Russia’s inflatable tanks; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Pentagon Urgently Pushing Anti-Drone Tech to ISIS Fight

From mast-mounted radar to drone-jamming guns, the U.S. military’s anti-IED office is rushing to keep up.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Don’t Buy the Bluster. East Asia Is Less Heated Than It Appears: US Diplomat

An architect of the Asia pivot puts context to threats from North Korea and bluster from the Philippines.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

US warship fires defenses off Yemen; ISIS debuts drone IEDs; Iraq’s Abadi vs. Turkey’s Erdogan; Army looks to cut paperwork; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Monkey wrench in the drive on Mosul; Russia moves missiles to Kaliningrad; Marines eye deployment to Norway; US troops attacked in Kuwait; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pakistan to Obama: Kashmir Will Hurt Our Ability to Help Fight the Taliban

Pakistan wants President Obama’s help in the Kashmir conflict with India, Pakistan’s senate defense chairman will tell the National Security Council on Friday.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russia warns US on airstrikes; Pentagon preps for hurricane help; B-2s test-drop fake nukes; Army seeks pocket-sized drones; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘Final rehearsal’ for Mosul; This week in Russian propaganda; Remote-controlled tanks, on the horizon; swarm attack on ex-USN ship off Yemen; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russia, in a hurry in Syria; Trump’s VP pick strays on foreign policy; How Army leaders envision future war; Drone-export pact in the works; and just a bit more…

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Army Warns that Future War with Russia or China Would Be ‘Extremely Lethal and Fast’

Leaders say warfare in the coming decades will be fundamentally different from the past 25 years.

  • Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Private Companies Shouldn’t Be The Ones Crying ‘State-Sponsored Hack!’

If the U.S. government doesn't start officially attributing cyberattacks, it risks losing control of the narrative and evolving legal norms.

  • Kristen Eichensehr
Threats

Ceasefire talks suspended as Syrian forces hammer Aleppo; Solving America’s natsec trilemma; The Army’s new stealth truck; Bye-bye, A2/AD; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Colombia says no to FARC peace deal; Taliban re-enter Kunduz; Moscow plans 40-million-person drill; Army searches for a squadbot; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

5k Shi'a fighters converge in Aleppo; Clinton talks nukes; Congress undermines a key US tie; Trump vs. the generals; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The ‘new guys’ in Iraq; US may release new arms to Syrian rebels; Army races to counter Russian battle drones; No, social media isn’t hurting the military; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Jets Are Targeting Syria’s Volunteer Rescue Workers

And some of the workers have already been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz
Threats

More US troops for the Mosul push?; FBI warns of coming ‘terrorist diaspora’; USAF’s controversial no-bid spy-plane purchase; Unplug, soldier!; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

White House: talk nice about China; Philippines eyes non-US ties; The Debate, natsec edition; A new slogan for the Marines?; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Escalation in Aleppo; Getting ducks in a row for Mosul; China flies jets past Japan; The F-117 rides again; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Previous
Next