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The D Brief: Mines laid in Hormuz; US casualty count; Missile defenses pulled from Asia; DOD’s smaller workforce; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: More mixed messaging on war; Airstrike pricetag; DOD civs pressed to seek border duty; Anthropic sues Hegseth; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: US toll rises to 8; Iran’s new leader; Building military-specific AI; Counting the rationales for war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Anthropic says no to DOD; Afghanistan-Pakistan war; Ukraine tactics update; US laser downs DHS drone; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: SOTU quiet on policy; Defense tech’s European shift; Ukraine war in 10 charts; Cockpit AI evades ‘missile’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Firefights across Mexico; Iran situation, still unclear; Tariff decision shakes foreign policy; What to expect at AFA symposium; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Thomas Novelly
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The D Brief: Buildup around Iran; More Somalia strikes; SOUTHCOM in Venezuela; JAG in trouble; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Second carrier to Mideast; Hormuz closure; AI fallout at DOD; El Paso drone weapon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: DHS shutdown likely; US troops leave al-Tanf; CNO’s plea to industry; Crowded robot-boat market; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: More borderland, militarized; Every soldier a drone pilot; USAF hones hub-and-spoke basing; El Paso airport briefly closed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: More maritime strikes, seizure; Warships off Haiti; US official hints at new nukes; Introducing ‘Fictional Intelligence’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Munitions makers, investing; DOD’s new science board; Troops won’t go to MN; Venezuela plan reflects Iraq lessons; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: CBP’s wartime rhetoric; Agents’ high crime rate; Russian drone kills miners; Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Feds kill again in Minnesota; National Defense Strategy drops; New USAF deployment concept; Space Force wants more troops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’; Russian hybrid warfare; More Ukraine talks; Combat fitness, reimagined; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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The D Brief: Lessons from Iraq; Trump’s Insurrection Act-threat; DIU seeks swarm controllers; Russia’s Starlink drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Europe reinforces Greenland; Senate fails to limit Venezuela action; Navy’s next ships; The cost of ‘DoW’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Greenland discussions; Russian sabotage in Europe; ‘Ideological tuning’ in DOD AI; Some leave Al Udeid; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: ‘Perfidy’ in boat strike?; Pentagon’s new AI plan; Venezuela’s broken air defenses; Quantum space cameras; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: New ‘battleship’ announced; Nigeria, under US surveillance; China’s ICBMs; Boat-strike Qs; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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