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Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

‘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
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Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Business

Air Force Buys Mysterious Israeli Weapon to Kill ISIS Drones

What is this secret weapon? Pentagon officials aren’t saying, but here are some clues.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Ben Watson
  • February 23, 2017
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Business

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
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