Threats

Today's D Brief: S. Korea mulls going nuclear; Japan, US expanding military, space cooperation; China's personnel problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: US, Russia prisoner swap; DOD splits $9B cloud contract; Putin's nuclear first-use promise; Milley on how the Ukraine war ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

Let’s Put the Pentagon’s China Report in Context

What do the relative sizes of the U.S. and Chinese nuclear arsenals really suggest?

  • William D. Hartung
Ideas

Biden’s Nuclear Policy Fails the Ukraine Test

His administration’s Cold War-style thinking is missing a golden opportunity.

  • Tom Z. Collina
Threats

Is Russia’s Nuclear About-Face More or Less Credible Than Its Earlier Threats?

After months of saber-rattling, Putin and his government have been disavowing the use of tactical nukes in Ukraine.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Xi's nuclear warning for 'Eurasia'; Putin orders Kherson evacuation; 180 DPRK sorties; UK's F-35 problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

Pentagon To Launch New Study On How to Get at Hard, Deeply Buried Targets

A senior defense official explains the thinking behind the Biden Administration’s nuclear policy document.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: N. Korea's new ICBM test; US-RoK extend sortie drills; S. Korea missile failure; Russian retreat in Kherson?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: North Korean artillery headed to Russia, WH says; Nuclear chatter in the Kremlin; Pyongyang fires 23 missiles; Space Force gets a new leader; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Difficult years ahead for Europe; Rain slows Ukraine fight; Pentagon’s strategy trio; US Army’s new training center; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Ideas

That’s it? Biden’s Overdue Pentagon Strategy Underwhelms

After nearly two years, experts were hoping for more.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

China’s Nuclear Arsenal Will Become an Existential Threat to US, Biden Administration Declares

New nuclear strategy deletes one new U.S. weapon, keeps the rest.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Today's D Brief: How Russia's war is reshaping global energy; Putin's worldview; DCIA Burns to Kyiv; F-15s out of Okinawa; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Caitlin M. Kenney
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia's nuclear wargames begin; NATO's nuclear wargames wind down; Norway's spy problem; Seoul's new attitude; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Sanctions May Push Russia into 'Technological Regress'

A CNAS report warned that Moscow's increased sense of vulnerability could lead it to “double down” on nuclear capabilities.

  • Edward Graham
Threats

West Rejects Russian Claim that Ukraine Plans a False-Flag Dirty Bomb

US, U.K., France release statement decrying Moscow’s Sunday allegation.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid; NATO, Russia nuclear overlap; Army's new data platform; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

A Russian Tactical Nuke Wouldn’t Confer Much Battlefield Advantage, Experts Say

But the environmental and health effects would be enormous and long-lasting.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Putin cites ‘Satanism,’ ‘neo-colonialism’ during Ukraine annexation speech; Kyiv requests accelerated NATO membership; Hurricane Ian swings up the east coast; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Defense Systems

Oversight Of Nuclear-Weapons Contractors' Cyber Practices Has Been ‘Inconsistent’: GAO

The National Nuclear Security Administration incompletely implemented some cyber practices and didn’t have clear knowledge about what its subcontractors were doing, the watchdog agency reported.

  • Lauren C. Williams
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