US sends Marines to Syria; ISIS loses control of Iraqi oil; The worst thing about the Vault7 leak; Army expects cargo-bots within a decade; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 9, 2017

Carnage in Kabul; Militias seize Libyan oil ports; Three ways of looking at NorK’s missile test; That Wikileaks dump; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 8, 2017

THAAD arrives in Korea; How Iraq got off the travel-ban list; Has the F-35 already seen combat?; US SOF is still hunting Kony; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
• March 7, 2017

4 North Korean launches; Waves of car bombs in Mosul; China crashes US airpower conference; America can’t agree on its main threat; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 6, 2017

Escalation in Yemen; Drone strikes soar under Trump; US, Russia, Hezbollah team up; USAF eyes laser-armed C-130; And just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 3, 2017

‘What we’re doing is working’ in Iraq; Hostile forces converging in Syria; Russian-backed forces advance in Ukraine; Navy’s cybersecurity chief, in conversation; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 2, 2017

Trump praises budget in address to Congress; Iraqis surround Mosul; USAF eyes prop-driven attack planes; Iran test-fires missile from submarine; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 1, 2017

Stocks rise on defense-spending proposal; Retired generals blast proposed cuts to State; Defeat-ISIS plan, delivered; USAF to retire iconic UAV; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 28, 2017

Grinding through western Mosul; AQ deputy killed in Syria; No F-35 to Mideast for a few years; SecNav pick bows out; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 27, 2017

Coalition troops storm into west Mosul; USAF’s new weapons to kill ISIS drones; POTUS and the nukes; VX in Malaysia; When ‘military’ isn’t ‘military’; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
• February 24, 2017

Coalition takes Mosul airport; McRaven lectures Trump on the 'enemy'; Turkey’s rebels ‘liberate’ Al-Bab; McCain to Syria; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
• February 23, 2017

The US, Turks and Saudis jostle for Raqqa; 3 urgent tasks for Trump’s natsec team; Russia charts Afghanistan’s future; B-52s have been busy vs ISIS; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 22, 2017

Mosul’s new phase; McMaster to the Situation Room; WH confuses Europe; Mattis says no to Iraqi oil theft; Gorka, in context; Drone suicide boat in Yemen; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
• February 21, 2017

Can a ‘Comparable’ Super Hornet Steal Orders from the F-35C?

Two aircraft are on President Trump’s radar. Here’s how they’re different, and why it matters to more than just power players in Washington.

• Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
• February 17, 2017

Trump leaves Russia questions unanswered; Harward rejects NSC offer; Ex-Blackwater head now pitching China; Army to set up foreign-training brigades; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 17, 2017

Mattis warns NATO; Dunford to meet Russian counterpart; More troops to Syria?; The changing cost of F-35A/B/C, charted; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 16, 2017

Russia in the spotlight; US government ‘in unbelievable turmoil’; What Netanyahu, Trump should discuss; China vs. sub drones; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 15, 2017

Out like Flynn; Russia is helping the Taliban, US general says; Spotlight on White House OPSEC; Ex-Blackwater firm gets $204m contract; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 14, 2017

North Korea tests the White House; Turkey reaches ‘heart’ of ISIS-held Syrian city; Flynn under fire; SOCOM prepares to take over WMD mission; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• February 13, 2017