Threats

The D Brief: Why pagers explode; Russian ammo dump blows up; CNO releases guidance; N. Korea tests missiles; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Bracing for Iran’s response; ISIS rises in Syria; Ukraine’s 20-mile incursion; Longer Korean deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US, Japan, South Korea sign pact amid ‘deteriorating’ regional security

Agreement signed by defense chiefs is to “deepen trilateral security cooperation”; US, Japan also conclude missile accord.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Putin, Kim sign treaty; IDF: we can’t destroy Hamas; New NATO chief?; Air-defense priority shift; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up

A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 153: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific

Why is the region in the middle of an arms race? And what do analysts think China is really spending on its military?

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: DOD runs out of Ukraine funds; Anti-ISIS fight in limbo; Australia’s sub to-do list; Kim’s conniption; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive

Kim aims to reach beyond North Korea to U.S. politicians and the South Korean public.

  • Ñusta Carranza Ko , The Conversation
Threats

Today's D Brief: More US strikes; Dissent in Israel war cabinet; Russia rebuffs arms-control talks; Navy’s maintenance moves; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Israel’s ‘new phase’ of war; Iraq inches toward US ejection; B-1 crash; Russia’s N. Korean missiles; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Tank ammo to Israel; Zelenskyy to DC; Worried Europeans; China probing US infrastructure; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Houthis attack ships; Ukraine aid, running out; Seoul’s space successes; CV-22 crash update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza ceasefire agreed; US airstrikes in Iraq; Ukraine support ticks up; N. Korea’s spy sat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza conditions worsen; China’s undersea prowess; Koreas plan spy-sats; Navy P-8 skids into the sea; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Missile-defense platform shows warming relations between Japan, S. Korea

By December, INDOPACOM aims to roll out a trilateral data-sharing system prescribed in a May agreement.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: 2nd US carrier in Eastern Med; N. Korea arming Russia; Taliban to visit China; CENTCOM’s digital push; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: UK defense chief in Kyiv; After Putin visit, Kim vows more nukes; Taiwan unveils sub; Robot-wingman flap; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: N. Korea expels US private; Mixed reviews for NATO training; Proposed arms sales to Taiwan, Poland, Indonesia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: $2B to Poland; Assad visits China; USAF gets electric taxi; Milley’s exit interview; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: US upgrades Vietnam ties; Kim heads to Russia; Ukraine vows fight into winter; Navy, Air Force confirmation hearings; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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