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The Drones of ISIS

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Mattis Day on the Hill; Tillerson takes hard line on China’s island claims; Army wants new minidrones in 24 hours; Joint task force investigating Russia-Trump allegations; and just a bit more...

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PEOTUS, compromised?; Mosul offensive, Day 86; Quick-printing microdrones for battle; China sails carrier past Taiwan; and just a bit more...

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Hostage rescue in Syria?; Russian Iskanders in Latakia?; US Marines sent back to Helmand; US Navy reveals new high-end surface strategy; and just a bit more...

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Ominous warning in Syria; Top spies slam Trump tweets; 2016 airstrikes, by the numbers; Navy ends carrier drought; and just a bit more...

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US doubles its troops in Mosul; Trump plans to shrink CIA; The tech that may stop NorK ICBMs; Engine falls off B-52; and just a bit more...

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Mosul exodus intensifies; Trump slams IC, again; Weaponized narrative, the new battlespace; China tests naval weapons; and just a bit more...

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Istanbul attacker remains at large; Iraqi troops resume push into Mosul; NorK promises ICBM test soon; US may hit ISIS with ‘space cyber weapons’; and just a bit more...

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Trump tweet bombs defense industry; Wants a nuclear arms race?; Berlin attacker killed; Airline hijacking; Aleppo; Turkey; CNO stopping by; And just a bit more...

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Trump and Pentagon brass talk future weapons; UN to prep cases on Syrian war crimes; Blackout in Ukraine (again); How the DNC hackers bugged Ukraine’s military; And a bit more.

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New twist in Berlin; Trump convenes natsec team; Palantir at Trump’s table; 100 Russian spies in the U.S.; New fighter jet from design to flight in 1 year; And a bit more.

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Terror by truck in Berlin; Russia’s CSI in Ankara; F-35 chief fires back at Trump; Bye-bye, F-4s; and just a bit more….

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Evacuations resume in Aleppo; China to return USNS drone; A SecArmy pick; Mapping Trump’s natsec conflicts-of-interest; And a bit more.

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Obama: US will respond to Russia’s hacking; Aleppo evacuation suspended; A new era of espionage?; Army wraps base renovations in Estonia; and just a bit more...

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Putin approved election meddling; Ceasefire in Aleppo; China is arming its fake islands; Swarming drone boats just got a lot smarter; and just a bit more...

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Final hours in Aleppo?; ISIS captures an anti-air missile; Trump’s conflicts of interest; US halts some arms to Saudi; and just a bit more...

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Meltdown in Aleppo; ExxonMobil CEO for SecState; Trump vs. defense industry?; Israel gets first F-35s; and just a bit more...

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5 terrorist attacks in 5 cities; Syria war heats up; Grappling with Russian hacking; Trump on China, IC, F-35; and just a bit more...

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Exodus from Aleppo; ISIS body counts; Congress, Trump on collision course over Russian election hacking; A peek into JSOC; and just a bit more...

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Aleppo is all but finished; DHS pick is another gruff talker; The flawed new plan to fight extremist content; Night vision in sunglasses?; and just a bit more...