Ideas

Don't abandon the US-UK nuclear relationship

Washington should not underestimate what it gets.

  • Jamie Kwong
Science & Tech

Thanks largely to robots, Ukraine is now talking about winning, not just surviving

Uncrewed and autonomous systems—and the willingness to adapt to them—have neutered Russian advantages.

  • Patrick Tucker
Ideas

Why the Iran war is breaking the US‑European strategic alliance

The continent is learning that it must not count on Washington.

  • Farah N. Jan, The Conversation
Threats

Orbán’s loss won’t stop Russian influence campaigns, but it shows they’re beatable

The Hungarian strongman’s electoral defeat exposes the growth, and limits, of Russian hybrid-warfare tactics.

  • Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems

‘Everyone wants a spaceplane’: More countries eye on-orbit protection for satellites

New report says France, Germany, India, and Japan aim to emulate U.S., Chinese capabilities.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: US-Israel strikes continue; Hormuz closed; 4 US dead, ID’d; SOF join Ecuador drug ops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Iran war spreads across Mideast; Trump: ‘Wars can be fought forever’; Iranian, US death tolls rise; State urges evacuations from 16 nations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Special Report Business

Several trends are shifting defense tech toward Europe

War, regulation, and distrust of the United States are tilting a big market homeward.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

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
Threats

The D Brief: Buildup around Iran; More Somalia strikes; SOUTHCOM in Venezuela; JAG in trouble; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Sentinel’s progress; Buildup near Iran; Canada’s decoupling plan; Russia targets Ukrainian energy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Men lie, strategies lie—numbers don’t

The word counts of the new National Defense Strategy.

  • Peter W. Singer
Threats

US-NATO exercise rehearses taking out 1,500 targets a day to ‘overwhelm’ an enemy

Army’s 56th Multi-Domain Command is looking for electronic warfare-proof munitions, decoy drones.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: El Paso, explained; Navy ships collide; Marines’ aviation plan; Estonia’s warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russia still sees US as its top adversary, Estonian intelligence report says

Moscow’s gestures toward normalized relations are no more than an “illusory thaw.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

NATO innovation chief: Alliance must speed up, or risk Russian invasion

Ukraine shows that “the obsolescence is nearly immediate,” for even the best weapons.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Pentagon’s industry performance reviews; CNO’s fighting instructions; Marine Corps’ clean audit; DOD’s new AI tool; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

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
Threats

The D Brief: Domestic Guard missions, priced; More strikes on Somalia; New ‘non-kinetic’ cell aids planning; GAO’s missile-warning warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

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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