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Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China

For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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Taliban bombs kill dozens of Afghan police; US-Russian alliance on Syria in the works?’; The Turkey-ISIS relationship; US sailors disciplined over Iranian detention; Qatar’s $1B missile deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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'We Are Not Frozen in a Nightmare,' Says Defiant John Kerry

The secretary of state insisted America is more engaged in global conflicts with deeper impact than ever before, in a sweeping speech at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

  • Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
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Eyes on ISIS after Istanbul attack; Iraqi troops, US-backed rebels on the hunt for ISIS-held airfields; Ike strikes from the Med; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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Lebanon arrests 103 Syrians; Pentagon Syrian rebel program crawls along; More details about Fat Leonard; F-35 bests F-15E; and more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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Suicide bombing on Lebanon-Syria border; Brexit buyer’s remorse; Iraqi forces control Fallujah; New drone report; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
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Brexit hits defense stocks; US warplanes hit Taliban; Marines pull F-18s from boneyard; Army plans new advise-and-assist teams; and just a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber, Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Go after Assad? No, says White House; No more injury reports from ISIS fight; NGA taps into virtual reality; Another Gitmo transfer; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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NorK rocket reaches new heights; AFRICOM nom sees ‘no grand strategy’ in Libya; Brexit could hit industry like a new sequester; and a big more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

And the War Came: A Call for Unity—Not to Arms—in My Hometown Orlando

A Pentagon reporter raised in Orlando returned to measure the distance from the battlefield to the homefront, and found something unexpected.

  • Kevin Baron
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Car bomb in Jordan; ISIS retakes Syrian territory; Fallujah assault, by the numbers; Chinese hacking wanes; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Bombings in Afghanistan; Fallujah falls quickly; More US SpecOps in Yemen; How to squelch a jihadi video; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Russia bombs US-backed rebels in Syria; Iraqi SOF raises flag in Fallujah; New tools to fight lone wolves; Another record year for arms makers; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Iraqi troops enter Fallujah; Ceasefire, sorta-maybe, in Syria; Wave of suicide attacks in Libya; USAF wants A-10 replacement; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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NATO to join ISIS fight; Former Marine saved Orlando lives; Russian hackers hit DNC; A busy 24 hours in the South China Sea; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
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After Orlando; Af-Pak flare-up; USAF loses decades of computer files; Put the X-47B back to work; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

How US Counterterrorism Funds Ended Up in the Orlando Terrorist's Pocket

The U.S. spends billions a year on counterterrorism, with generally poor oversight.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Who was Omar Mateen?; Is Orlando the US’ Paris attack?; ISIS’ south Syrian progress; Conflict simmers on Africa’s east coast; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The Orlando Shooting Is the Deadliest In US History

Around 50 people were killed and at least 53 wounded Sunday when a gunman opened fire in a popular gay nightclub in downtown Orlando.

  • Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
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It’s Tech Summit Day; Meet the White House’s counter-propaganda czar; We’re already losing the gray war; Carter proposes end to up-or-out; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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