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Attacks halve Saudi oil production; U.S. allies’ spy scandals; Pompeo’s large natsec profile; Northrop rebuffs Boeing’s ICBM ask; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 16, 2019
Threats

Congress subpoenas Afghan peace envoy; Trump relents on Ukraine aid; Too many Gulf ops?; USN & Africa; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 13, 2019
Threats

Israel’s ‘war between the wars’; Rocket artillery arrives in Europe; Army attack plane? Securing 5G; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 12, 2019
Threats

North Korea's 'super-large multiple rocket launcher'; Bolton out; Russia’s AI strategy; What Americans want, natsec edition; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 11, 2019
Threats

US may ramp up anti-Taliban ops; 2 more North Korean launches; Restoring civilian control of DOD; Fuel-cell breakthrough?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 10, 2019
Threats

WH peace plan for Afghanistan falls apart; US-Turkey patrols in Syria; Advice to a deploying woman; Iran: we can make nuke fuel; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 9, 2019
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Threats

Afghan president axes US visit; Esper on China, Russia; ISIS’ cow bombs; Mattis’ two-step; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • September 6, 2019
Threats

Another deadly Taliban car bomb; 127 defunded projects, listed; Turkey wants nukes; US cold-calling ship captains; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 5, 2019
Threats

DoD defunds 127 projects for Wall; Pacific Air Forces’ AI; NORTHCOM mobilizes for Dorian; A Syrian ‘cauldron of radicalization’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 4, 2019
Threats

Taliban kill 16, wound 119, as US nears peace deal; More mass shootings; USN for Africa; What Russian chatbots think; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • September 3, 2019
Threats

Trump promises partial Afghan drawdown; US nears crossroads in Iraq; Happy birthday to Space Command and the nuclear arms race; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 30, 2019
Threats

Afghan election uncertainty; Pakistan’s ballistic missile messaging; Mystery airstrike in Yemen kills 30; New FONOP in the SCS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 29, 2019
Threats

Deadly Taliban attack; Seesaw war tilts in Yemen; Trump promises pardons for Wall work; Mattis decries divisiveness; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 28, 2019
Threats

US seeks talks with Iran, proxies; Election ransomware; China’s aggressive spies; Spaceplane breaks record; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 27, 2019
Threats

Mideast conflict enters a ‘new phase’; Amazon fires; Stratospheric drones; Afghan peace talks; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 26, 2019
Threats

Pacific tensions rise; Israel bombed Iraq in July; Turkey is surrounded in Syria; 2 USSOF KIA in Afghanistan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 23, 2019
Threats

Two more Americans die in Afghanistan; SecDef: China is top priority; CNO, departing; Trump threatens to release ISIS fighters; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 22, 2019
Threats

Houthis down Reaper drone; US troops shuttle into Syria; Space Command launch date; Military AI vs. opioids; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 21, 2019
Threats

US tests post-INF missile; Russia squelches nuke data; Twitter axes Chinese accounts; Ransomware hits 23 Texas towns; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 20, 2019
Threats

Afghanistan at 100; Iranian launch coming?; Hamas turns to Bitcoin; Turkish convoy bombed in NW Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
  • August 19, 2019
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