Threats

The D Brief: Air Force efforts, on hold; Desk deficits as workers return; Foreign-aid monitoring, slashed; It’s Fort Bragg again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Air Force has halted work on parts of its ICBM program

Work on the Sentinel command and launch segment is on hold due to “evolving” requirements, officials say.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: A ‘3rd nuclear age’; Seoul’s self-coup fallout; Romania’s election nullified over Russian meddling; Soldiers charged with smuggling people; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s MIRV missile; Space Force’s naughty list; McConnell to Senate Approps; Worst telecom hack in US history; And a bit more.

  • Patrick Tucker and Ben Watson
Ideas

Why Ukrainian soldiers came to Idaho to study nuclear forensics

Hint: It’s an essential element of U.S. deterrence strategy.

  • Paul Menser and Corinne Dionisio
Threats

Russian nuclear doctrine change does not indicate imminent attack, Pentagon says

While the Kremlin’s broadening of nuclear posture seems alarming, experts say future escalation could take a different path.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russia could transfer missile tech to North Korea, ‘escalating’ threats, South Korea warns

Washington, Seoul launch cooperation efforts to meet new, shared missile threats.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine; N. Korea prepping nuke test?; DOD releases industrial plan; Fire at UK shipyard; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

How Russia, China envision nuking US satellites: from above and below

As the Pentagon builds huge constellations to shrug off conventional ASAT weapons, potential adversaries are taking things to a terrifying new level.

  • David D. Chen and Peter W. Singer
Threats

The D Brief: Pleas at the UN; Russia-China drone project?; China tests ICBM; Army’s armor lessons; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Air Force braces for new nuclear-war scenarios

With more nuclear players and weapons around the world, U.S. forces need to be ready, a top service leader says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Test B-21 flying up to twice a week, Northrop reports

Meanwhile, the Air Force has released its first-ever footage of the bomber in flight.

  • Audrey Decker
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: Hatch Act violations; ICBM costs are a ‘collective failure’; Fiscal-year-end negotiations; Taiwan’s anti-invasion board game; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

ICBM cost overrun a ‘collective failure’ of USAF, Northrop, DOD: Air Force’s chief buyer

Sentinel probably would’ve still blown its budget if Boeing hadn’t dropped out of competition, Hunter says.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Israel’s West Bank raids; Ukraine’s Kursk progress; USAF’s Ukrainian EW; Shipmaker, fined; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Moscow under attack; C-UAS, lumberjack edition; New US nuclear strategy toward China; USAF’s big Pacific exercise; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Base lockdown in Germany; Nord Stream suspect sought; F-15s to Israel; The Navy’s new long-range missile; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: News from occupied Kursk; Saudi to get US bombs; Facebook lowers disinfo defenses; USAF dodges PFAS cleanup; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

New ICBM effort won’t slow down despite pledges to ‘restructure’ as costs balloon

Air Force says problems lie less with the Sentinel missile and more with its supporting infrastructure.

  • Audrey Decker
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