Threats

The D Brief: India-Pakistan tensions rise; China’s ‘ChatGPT for robots’; Golden Dome price tag; Robot-wingman reversal; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Ideas

Indonesia needs a two-track approach to its foreign-fighter problem

The members of an al-Qaeda affiliate who went abroad must not be allowed to revive the group at home.

  • Noor Huda Ismail
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth softens Panama talk; Trump’s budget flip-flop; Arms in space; EUCOM’s plea; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

Army’s 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force to get its own Typhon missile system

The second Pacific MDTF has also joined Transformation in Contact, while building its way to 2,000 soldiers.

  • Meghann Myers
Science & Tech

Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia

Scale AI will develop an AI tool for interactive war gaming, resource allocation, analyzing Chinese threats.

  • Patrick Tucker and Jennifer Hlad
Defense Systems

Drones are the next chapter in US-India’s defense partnership

Trump-Modi meeting produces an agreement to expand industry cooperation, production in the Indo-Pacific.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: Congress, DOGE seek DOD cuts; US, Russia warm ties in talks; US drones over Mexico; Nuke-stockpile workers fired, rehired; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: DOD plane crash kills 4 in the Philippines; Navy pauses SAPR training; Google jumps back into military AI; Musk-Trump’s ‘Deferred resignation’ deadline delayed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Constitutional crisis’; IC workers pressed to quit; Musk adds control of sensitive personal data; N. Korean missiles improve; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Meghann Myers and Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

Pentagon to test how generative AI would perform in fight with China

Can ChatGPT-like programs help the U.S. win a war in the Pacific?

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Vegas bomber’s extremist writings; Honduras threatens to eject US troops; Militia-infiltrating mole; A Mexican invasion?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Pentagon’s annual China-power report notes nuclear, influence threats—but also corruption

New edition takes note of intelligentized warfare, cognitive domain operations.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Extra parts, people powered F-35 readiness on latest Pacific deployment

VMFA-225 worked around delays with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Russian general slain in Moscow; Ukraine engages N. Korean troops; China’s wartime lessons; First Okinawa Marines move to Guam; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel pounds Syrian military sites; Taiwan gets tanks; Will AI firms eat the Pentagon?; One dead on Fort Eisenhower; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia races for gains; House passes NDAA; Taiwan talks to Trump team; USAF preps for transition; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Immigration hits record; Costs, consequences of deportation plan; Aviators’ battered brains; Army: too top-heavy?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Israel strikes Syrian targets; Chinese warships surge near Taiwan; Trump Org’s new Saudi deal; Austin’s defense diplomacy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

A day in the diplomatic life of America’s defense secretary

A busy slate of meetings illuminates Lloyd Austin’s efforts to weave a region’s militaries into a defense network.

  • Bradley Peniston
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