Defense One

Threats

Full-blown ground war in Yemen; Gulf blessing for Iran deal; Smarter, deadlier drones; Sailors board Ford; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
August 4, 2015

Threats

New rules for the Syria war; The problems with China; F-35, ready-ish for war; NATO air intercepts shoot up; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
August 3, 2015

Threats

CIA vs. Obama’s ‘optimistic’ ISIS talk; New DIA chief speaks; After Mullah Omar; Carter to arm recruiters; Hacking infrastructure; US-trained Syrian rebels kidnapped; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
July 31, 2015

Threats

Exclusive: Odierno’s final plans for Big Army; Ash & Demps’ Iran hearing; Saudis want Patriots; Post-Omar Taliban; Death Star laser; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
July 30, 2015

Threats

Omar, really dead?; Turkey bombs Kurds; Murky rules for US in Syria; A terrifying noise gun; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 29, 2015

Threats

Turkey complicates things; Obama’s final message to Africa; Gitmo plan has one big problem; Corps bids M16 adieu?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 28, 2015

Threats

Creating a ‘safe zone’ in Syria; China’s ‘clearly military’ new islands; Obama’s African journey; SOCOM chiefs discuss women’s roles; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 27, 2015

Threats

Turkey joins ISIS fight; Carter praises Peshmerga; DOD fixes anthrax blame; ’80s-riffic Coast Guard video surfaces; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 24, 2015

Threats

Carter drops into Baghdad; Obama relents on Gitmo plan; The skinny on arming troops stateside; When robots call the shots; and a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 23, 2015

Threats

Arming recruiters gains steam; Carter, Netanyahu meet, disagree; Khorasan Group leader killed; Making a country vanish; Gitmo closure hiccup; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 22, 2015

Threats

Arming recruiters; Bibi disses Ash; Antimatter and the Iran deal; Cuba wants Gitmo back; Evolving ISIS; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
July 21, 2015

Threats

After Chattanooga, arm troops stateside?; Lockheed acquires Blackhawk maker Sikorsky; Trump insults his way to relevance; Dempsey’s final word on Iraq; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
July 20, 2015

Threats

Heartbreak in Chattanooga; ISIS missile hits Egyptian warship; Shake-up at CSBA; $135K to keep flying drones; And just a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 17, 2015

Threats

Obama makes his case; Air war heats up in Afghanistan; 4th Infantry Division to Europe?; Delta Force saves history; and just a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 16, 2015

Threats

Iran’s nervous neighbors; Another top US general fingers Russia as top threat; How tech could help cheat an Iran deal; The growing tragedy of the Russian air force; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 15, 2015

Threats

What’s in the Iran deal; U.S. to train Ukrainian army?; JIEDDO’s new name; Mil suicides are down; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 14, 2015

Threats

Anbar counteroffensive begins (again); UAV pivot to Libya; Three-way aircraft carrier swap; Walker throws his hat in; And a bit more.

Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
July 13, 2015

Threats

Dunford aims at Russia; How many F-35s?; 21.5 million compromised by OPM; Big Army’s troop cuts; Lessons from Colombia; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
July 10, 2015

Threats

Big cuts to Big Army; Pentagon shifts big $$ for Ukraine; Dunford’s big day on the Hill; Flash crashing NYSE?; Hagel’s caution on ISIS; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
July 9, 2015

Threats

Pentagon’s Syrian training fail; How to hack the CIA’s cloud; Taliban peace talking; Obama doctrine at its breaking point?; And a bit more.

Ben Watson
July 8, 2015