Threats

The D Brief: N. Koreans captured; New AI-export rule; 2,500 Guardsmen on wildfire duty; Mines found at IKEA; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Allies reel over annexation talk; Ukraine donors set production goals; Navy’s plans/funding mismatch; Iran’s painful admission; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Kyiv’s donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine

Pledges are “interesting. But you gotta get real,” U.S. acquisition chief says.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Navy jet downed by US cruiser; Tech titans push tieup; Trump’s latest DOD picks; More Taiwan aid; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Audrey Decker and Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Ukraine-aid plan; US production woes; How Navy ‘wasted’ $1.8B; Jersey drone update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russian general slain in Moscow; Ukraine engages N. Korean troops; China’s wartime lessons; First Okinawa Marines move to Guam; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

As Trump pushes ceasefire talks, Ukrainians push back with conditions

One Ukrainian lawmaker says Kyiv needs security guarantees and promised weapons.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Israel pounds Syrian military sites; Taiwan gets tanks; Will AI firms eat the Pentagon?; One dead on Fort Eisenhower; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Europe’s wartime crossroads; F-35’s training gap; Army’s to-do list; Space Force seeks boot camp; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Russia races for gains; House passes NDAA; Taiwan talks to Trump team; USAF preps for transition; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Will Assad’s defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?

The narrative of Russia's ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact.

  • John R. Deni
Threats

The D Brief: What’s next for Syria?; Defense-policy bill unveiled; New counter-UAV strategy; Some GOPers unsold on Hegseth; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

‘Multi-headed monster’: Biden, Trump officials address China-Russia-Iran coordination

U.S. officials say adversaries' cooperation shows their weakness, not their strength.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says

U.S. should continue to build deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region, Paparo says.

  • Patrick Tucker
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: Seoul declares martial law; Biden rushes to arm Ukraine; Meet Aleppo’s conqueror; Last soldier to leave Kabul will get 4th star; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Jihadists seize Aleppo; Taiwan leader visits Hawaii; More Chinese chip chokepoints; Shipbuilding woes, explored; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

The D Brief: Invasion gains pace; Plane crash in Lithuania; New Pacific missile sites?; DepSecDef candidates; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russian submarine tech could help China outpace US: INDOPACOM

Moscow could also give sub and missile know-how to North Korea, Adm. Paparo said.

  • Patrick Tucker
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
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