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Today's D Brief: US, NATO to pull out of Afghanistan; IC’s threat assessment; Biden diplomacy; Extremist airman; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 14, 2021
Threats

The D Brief: US to add troops in Germany; Taliban decline peace talks; Domestic terror spikes; Russia’s robot unit; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
  • April 13, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Explosion at Iran nuke site; $715B DoD budget request; NG called to Minneapolis; Pentagon’s extremism review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 12, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: US ships to the Black Sea; Budget rollout today?; Fewer troops decline vaccine; 5 possible futures; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 9, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Taliban strike another U.S. base; China’s hypersonics use US tech; Biden, Abdullah talk; USAF’s decision app; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 8, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: WestPac maneuvers; Iranian ship attacked; Hypersonic failure; Top US arms customers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 7, 2021
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Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine requests NATO entry; US, Iran talk, indirectly; Army wants Arctic cars; Open Skies planes, mothballed; And a bit more…

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
  • April 6, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: New Chinese incursion; Top DoD noms; US, Ukraine talk; Gitmo consolidation; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 5, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Return to Iran deal?; Brazil’s military leadership quits; Russia girds for protests; E-grid risks; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 2, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Mideast drawdown; Army’s $22B goggle deal; A 4th COVID surge; Trans ban lifted; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 1, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine, Russia escalate; Chinese fishing boats, unwanted; Small carrier, unneeded?; Lessons from Suez; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • March 31, 2021
Threats

The D Brief: COVID, rising; Taliban, crowing; Hypersonic’s first flight; Warehouse of the future; And just a bit more…

  • Bradley Peniston and Elizabeth Howe
  • March 30, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Bloody days in Myanmar; China-Iran pact; COVID cases edge up; Suez ship freed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • March 29, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Afghan withdrawal update; Taliban reax; Escalation in Taiwan, Yemen; SOF under the microscope; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • March 26, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Migrant children at JBSA, Bliss; North Korea wants attention; Taiwan’s new missile; Blinken at NATO; Biden’s drone review; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • March 25, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Kim tests missiles; ISIS hit with hundreds more airstrikes; China’s AI; Domestic-terror hearings; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • March 24, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Airstrikes on ISIS caves; A week of mass shootings; Marines’ new formation; NG convoy ambushed in Texas; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
  • March 23, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin in Afghanistan; Holding the line in Syria; DoD’s COVID gaps; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • March 22, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: Awkward in Anchorage; China’s missiles; Face-recognition’s future; Chow halls, rebranded; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • March 19, 2021
Threats

Today's D Brief: 3rd COVID wave?; ODNI: White-supremacist threat ‘elevated’; Info ops warning; Natsec pros decry anti-Asian-American bias; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • March 18, 2021
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