Houthi missile misses Mecca; Iran launches rocket into space; Russia ejects US staff after sanctions bill; Fake cops buy $1.2m in Pentagon weapons; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 28, 2017

Trump’s transgender tweets draw opposition; USAF wants robots watching Twitter; Russia cuts 49-year deal to stay in Syria; Navy testing disposable microdrones; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 27, 2017

USN fires warning shots at Iranian boat; TRADOC says forget radio silence; China’s big Africa base; Taliban armed with US, Russian weapons; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 26, 2017

China prepping for Korean war?; Navy gunners test augmented-reality headset; Iraq readies assault on Tal Afar; Swedish IT disaster; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 25, 2017

Welcome, USS Ford; Afghan war sets deadly record; Syrian forces make rare advance; Ocean-crossing consumer drones; and a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 24, 2017

Mattis: we’re beating ISIS; US, Chinese naval chiefs talk; Iraq to buy Russian-made tanks; Why John McCain matters; and a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 21, 2017

US pulls support for Syrian rebels; Trump heads to Pentagon; A deep dive into dark-web 3D-printed guns; Silicon Valley joins anti-ISIS air war; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 20, 2017

Turkey discloses locations of US troops in Syria; Army seeks Internet-of-Battle-Things; Trump’s undisclosed meeting with Putin; Big exercises in eastern Europe; and just a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 19, 2017

Chinese drones and American lasers; Afghan troops retake a district capital; Airstrikes in Raqqa; US troops run through fire to save Ukrainians; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 18, 2017

Report: UAE hacked Qatar; Face ID coming to police body cameras; Kalashnikov plans robot guns; What’s next in Iraq; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 17, 2017

US forces aid Somalia raid; Army experimenting with network soldiers in tactical units; ‘A failure of deterrence’ in cyber realm; How the Pentagon will build its AIs; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 14, 2017

Tomorrow soldiers; Livestreaming the 2017 Defense One Summit; Extremists are flocking to Libya’s untamed south; Iran’s new ‘upper hand’ in Syria?; Mattis is no fan of a new Space Corps; and a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 13, 2017

Trump camp sought Russian dirt on Clinton; Syria’s sort-of ceasefire; China stands up first overseas base; USAF general: ‘We don’t need a Space Corps’; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 12, 2017

Is ISIS’ chief dead?; Mopping up in Mosul; Air crash kills 15 Marines and 1 Sailor; Today’s best Mattis interview; and a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 11, 2017

Victory in devastated Mosul; Trump backtracks on Russian cyber cooperation; Fighting intensifies in Libya; China’s robot gunboats; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 10, 2017

Voices from the Battle for Mosul: Podcast

We spoke with current and former US military officials about how Iraq and its allies broke ISIS’s nearly 3-year grip on Iraq's second city — and what comes next.

• Ben Watson
• July 7, 2017

Trump, Putin & Syria; The Battle for Mosul, explained; AI that teaches itself; White House retaking reins of war?; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 7, 2017

Trump-Putin preview; Russia, China say UN won’t sanction DPRK; Israel is buying machine-gun drones; Counter-cyber ops go kinetic in Ukraine; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 6, 2017

North Korea tests its 1st ICBM; US-backed Syrians advance in Raqqa; ‘Not winning’ in Afghanistan; Great UAV footage from the USMC; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 5, 2017

Trump, Erdogan and Raqqa; Mattis on Afghanistan; The ‘next big fight’ in Iraq; The future of counterterrorism; $1.3B in arms to Taiwan; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
• June 30, 2017