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Threats

The D Brief: Tomorrow’s drone defense; US envoy in Moscow; RIP, 5-things email; Cash for deportations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 6, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DTIC, downsizing; INDOPACOM’s ‘Expeditionary foundry’; New solid-rocket maker emerges; NASA eyes moon reactor; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
  • August 5, 2025
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The D Brief: Fighter-jet builders strike; China’s rare-earth squeeze; Army’s huge IT contract; DHS signals more troop deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 4, 2025
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The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 1, 2025
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The D Brief: F-35 crashes; ICE’s military-sized budget; Army’s counterdrone lesson; US ‘deportation capital’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 31, 2025
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The D Brief: 4-star promotions now run through Trump; NSA’s top lawyer, fired; Europe’s defense buildup; DIU’s hydrogen bet; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 30, 2025
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The D Brief: Two mass shootings; US nukes to UK?; Trump’s new deadline; Europe’s defense-AI startups; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 29, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s new tactics; Ukraine hits St. Petersburg; Boeing strike looms; M-10 aftermath; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
  • July 28, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Double sub production?; Shipbuilding ‘cobots’; Army’s unassigned tech-execs; Border SITREP; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 25, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: IG probes Signalgate; USAF’s F-35 plans; DHS hit by China hack; Migrant jail at Bliss; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 24, 2025
Threats

Today’s D Brief: ICBM work restarts; USAF’s AI-decision experiments; Ukraine’s drone tactics; Bye-bye, lonely F-35B; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
  • July 23, 2025
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Spy chief misleads; Ukraine status check; Modular-arms production; Marines leave LA; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
  • July 22, 2025
Threats

Today’s D Brief: No new-tanker contest; US bases cleared to house immigrants; Marine to run USNA; Airliner dodges B-52; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 21, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Top Gun’ school for U.S. drone pilots; Talisman Sabre underway; Ukraine’s new prime minister; And a bit more.

  • Lauren C. Williams and Patrick Tucker
  • July 18, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: HIMARS in Hawaii; Navy to axe admirals in shipbuilding; Israel strikes in Gaza; And a bit more.

  • Lauren C. Williams
  • July 17, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Trump greenlights arms for Kyiv; Europe rushes to assist; Grok lands DOD contract; HIMARS down under; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
  • July 15, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Army scores billions from BBB; NATO chief to the White House; DOD’s drone blitz; US voter support for immigration rises; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
  • July 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Trump’s first Ukraine aid?; China’s new coercion tool; State layoffs, imminent; Spies find it harder to hide; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 11, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Houthis sink second ship; UK-France nuke deal; Russia’s drone factories; 3 Marine bases get ICE agents; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 10, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Chaos in Ukraine-aid pause; Russia’s biggest drone strike yet; Extremists attack weather radar; Israeli troops in Lebanon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 9, 2025
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