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Iraq: Mosul offensive has begun; Europe’s intel crisis; Obama on US values in Brussels’ wake; Sci-fi for officers; Taiwan’s ‘Happy Farm’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
  • March 24, 2016
Threats

Manhunt in Belgium; Foreign policy tensions on 2016 trail; Brussels and the ‘mother of Satan’; Pentagon strikes kill ‘dozens’ in Yemen; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 23, 2016
Threats

Terror in Brussels; FBI backs off backdoor demand; Expect more NorK missiles until May; Crete, V-22s, Benghazi! And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 22, 2016
Threats

More Marines to Iraq; More NorK rocket fire; Op-ed: Move NATO brigades east; Pentagon calls on Watson; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 21, 2016
Threats

NorK fires missile from truck; Former ISIS recruit speaks; An insider’s painfully honest look at the space industry; The week’s biz roundup; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 18, 2016
Threats

Punishment for Kunduz hospital strike; Army, USMC unready for war?; China rewrites the rules; Fewer bombs away! And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 17, 2016
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Threats

Tallying the Russian exit; Kurds eye Syrian partition; Taliban gain in Helmand; Skunk Works chief looks ahead; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 16, 2016
Threats

Russia exiting Syria, mostly; Pentagon wants to buy your garage bomb; Which candidate do the troops back?; A Catch-22 for personnel reforms; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 15, 2016
Threats

Turks hit Kurds after Ankara bombing; US-backed Syrians lose more arms to AQ's JAN; Russia wants to help take Raqqa; More wayward Hellfires; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 14, 2016
Threats

Syrian partition, on the table; F-35 chief offers some advice; North Korean hackers pour it on; What do the Taliban actually control? And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 11, 2016
Threats

The D Brief: ISIS, doxxed; Syria becomes a combat lab; Trump could cost US jobs; Ukraine’s malicious blackout; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 10, 2016
Threats

Taliban control a third of Afghanistan; Iran launches two test missiles; Has North Korea built a warhead?; Bye-bye, Bitchin’ Betty; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 9, 2016
Threats

Big US strike in Somalia; DoD draws up plans for Libya; What the candidates get wrong about future war; Albania auctions Soviet jets; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 8, 2016
Threats

Gitmo: ‘It’s all BS’; Quarrels delay Mosul offensive; Dem debate skips natsec; Russian subs reheat Cold-War chokepoint; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 7, 2016
Threats

US carrier to South China Sea; N. Korea in ‘pre-emptive attack mode’; McCain blasts USAF chief; Navy drafts Iran ‘fiasco’ report; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 4, 2016
Threats

GOP natsec pros denounce Trump; Partition for Syria?; Pentagon taps Google chief for advice; Army’s next helicopters get set to fly; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 3, 2016
Threats

US captures ISIS guy. Now what?; Sitrep for the new US commander in Afghanistan; Boko Haram is starving; Does the Army need airborne?; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 2, 2016
Threats

Battle for Mosul begins; Who’s breaking the Syrian ceasefire?; Philippines fights ISIS; That’s a lot of classified medals; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 1, 2016
Threats

Syrian ceasefire, more or less; Bloody day in Baghdad; USAF activates new cyber weapon; When a bigger budget isn’t better; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • February 29, 2016
Threats

SOF vs. Boko Haram; New USAF bomber gets a name; COCOMs will get a rethink; Senators slam Force of the Future; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • February 26, 2016
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