Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia adds 137K troops; New British arms to Ukraine; Moscow's economic forecast; US strikes Iran-backed troops again; New CODEL to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Majority of Americans support Ukraine, new polls show; $3B in new US arms to Kyiv; US strikes Iran-backed group in Syria; Terrorism rising in the African Sahel; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Policy

7 in 10 Americans Want To Send More Weapons To Ukraine, Poll Finds

Survey shows Americans want to keep supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes despite inflation concerns at home.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Policy

US Details Its Biggest Ukraine Arms Package Yet

The $3B package—announced on the country's independence day—includes more than 300,000 artillery and mortar rounds.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia’s Ukraine invasion, 6 months on; Zelenskyy’s warning; McConnell on the ‘single most important thing’; USS John McCain collision, 5 years later; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia says Ukraine behind Moscow car-bombing; MRAPs, TOWs, Javelins, among $775M in new US arms to Kyiv; RoK-US drills begin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Sensing Russian Stall, US Rushing Arms to Help Retake Ukrainian Territory

The latest weapons package includes MRAPs with special landmine-clearing devices–and brings the total to $10.7 billion.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Tara Copp
Business

Defense Business Brief: Russia shows off new weapons; Rheinmetall & GM Defense team for Army bid; Hedge fund takes stake in Aerojet; and more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

The Naval Brief: V-22 clutch woes; Ships' decom timeline; Social-media rules; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Threats

Today's D Brief: Day 176 of Putin's Ukraine invasion; Record arrests at America's southern border; 'Worst drought in 1,200 years' hits US; Kabul bombing kills 21; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Russia Is Training Drone Hobbyists to Fight in Ukraine

The effort to replenish depleted Russian forces blurs the line between civilians and military combatants.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukrainian port cities; Kyiv advisor teases counteroffensive plans; Opportunism in Ankara; New US strike in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: UN warns of dangers at Russian-occupied nuclear plant; More MLRS to Kyiv; China lashes out at Lithuania; Decoding Beijing's Taiwan wargames; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

US Military ‘Furiously’ Rewriting Nuclear Deterrence to Address Russia and China, STRATCOM Chief Says

But America’s “expertise is just not what it was at the end of the Cold War,” warns Adm. Chas Richard.

  • Tara Copp
Ideas

How Putin’s Ukraine War Has Made Russia More Reliant on China

Despite Putin’s imperial dreams, in the last six months China has increasingly dictated the direction of the partnership and squeezed more concessions from the Russians.

  • Thomas Low and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today's D Brief: New post-strike analysis over Crimea; Sweden extradites Turkish man; Latvian PMs call out Russia; And a bit more.

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

Today's D Brief: China winds down Taiwan drills; Beijing's new Taiwan occupation threat; 9 Russian jets destroyed in Crimea; Javelins to Brazil; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

US Will Spend $89M To Eradicate Russian Landmines In Ukraine

One hundred demining teams will work over the next year to clear the areas Russia held

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

Today's D Brief: Taiwan practices island defense; China trying to improve 'blockade ops'; At least 70K Russian casualties in Ukraine; Renaming commission price tag; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jacqueline Feldscher
Threats

White House Sending Key Air Defense System Ammunition To Ukraine

Between 70,000 and 80,000 Russian troops have been hurt or killed in Ukraine, in ‘most intense’ conventional combat since WWII, DOD says.

  • Tara Copp
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