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Olympic-sized safety question; Trump convenes top lawmakers as shutdown looms; Emergency Jerusalem task force stands up; How F-35 might cue missile defenses; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2017
Threats

US bucks international consensus over Jerusalem; Navy blames Congress for wasting $4B; ISIS war leaves Philippine island in ruins; A drone that drops from a fake bomb; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 6, 2017
Threats

Trump’s military would outspend Reagan’s, CBO says; What’s next for Yemen; US subhunters to return to Iceland; Save the Pentagon’s innovation insurgency; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 5, 2017
Threats

Big air exercise over South Korea; Yemen takes turns for the worse; Expect new US natsec strategy within weeks; Beijing confirms basing warplanes in the South China Sea; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 4, 2017
Threats

Mike Flynn charged with lying to the FBI; America's drone war expands to Niger; Why the Army is rebuilding ammo from WWII; Are hobbyists’ drones spying for China?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 1, 2017
Threats

North Korea's kinda big ICBM; Marine artillery to exit Syria; Russia gets an air base in Egypt; USSOF in the spotlight in Somalia; China adds two subs; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 30, 2017
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Threats

North Korea tests another ICBM; Russia to build own internet directory; US previews more aggressive strategy in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 29, 2017
Threats

30 US strikes on Somalia this year; Top enlisted leaders say ‘what readiness crisis?’; Russian fighter buzzes Navy P-8; Hawaii resumes Cold War siren tests; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 28, 2017
Threats

White House stops arming Kurds in Syria; US presence in Iraq, Afghanistan rises to 26K troops; China’s anti-stealth quantum radar; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 27, 2017
Threats

3 missing in Navy plane crash; Russia undermines killer-robot talks; Airstrike in Somalia; N. Korean dashes to freedom across DMZ; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 22, 2017
Threats

US bombs Afghan opium labs, lays out 2-year plan; Troop deaths rose in 2017; N. Korea back on terror list; Putin, Assad meet; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 21, 2017
Threats

American troop spike in Mideast; USAF increasingly focused on space; US helps hunt for missing Argentine sub; Ukraine shows off armed drone; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 20, 2017
Threats

Iraq takes last ISIS-held town; Why US will stay in Syria; Cyber fight brews; Preconditions for NorK nuke talks, kind of; and just a bit more....

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 17, 2017
Threats

China contradicts Trump; USAF wants new nukes faster; US strikes soar in Somalia; Inside NATO’s weirdest relationship with Russia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 16, 2017
Threats

US Airstrikes Soar in Somalia

U.S. Africa Command has released data on 18 strikes this year, more than four times the average over the previous seven years.

  • Ben Watson
  • November 15, 2017
Threats

Possible coup in Zimbabwe; House-passed NDAA busts budget caps; Riyadh’s eye-popping anti-missile claim; Coalition slaps back at Russian misinfo; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 15, 2017
Threats

Trump ends Asia swing in Manila; China, CIA compete to fund AI startups; Congress holds hearing on nuclear launch authority; Mattis’s Syria plan: stay and expand safe spaces; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 14, 2017
Threats

Trump’s Asia trip goes off-script; 3-carrier exercise strains fleet; Top cyber posts remain empty; Army increases recruiting waivers; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 13, 2017
Threats

Trump and Putin in Vietnam; 3 countries order citizens out of Lebanon; Riyadh-aimed missile bore Iranian markings, USAF says; Laser demo for fighter jet; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 10, 2017
Threats

#DefOneSummit Day; USAF wants flight-line robots; $700B defense bill moves ahead; Guess who won US spies’ face-recognition contest?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 9, 2017
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