How America Protects Its Citizens and Allies from Ballistic Missiles

The U.S. military has four primary means of shooting down incoming missiles. But even together, they can’t promise to stop everything.

• Ben Watson
• June 29, 2018

Trump-Putin: what Europe fears; Gunman kills 5 in US newsroom; Mattis in Seoul; China expanding in Africa; and just a bit more…

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 29, 2018

Putin-Trump summit set; Intel chief expects space weapons soon; Iran restarts a nuke facility; Xi gives no ground to Mattis; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 28, 2018

SCOTUS upholds travel ban; Navy needs AI to build its fleet; ‘Underground’ may be next war domain; US to world: stop buying Iran’s oil; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 27, 2018

North Korea cancels anti-US rally; Taliban rejects ceasefire; Houthis hit Saudi with rockets; Bob Work slams Google; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 26, 2018

Pentagon building migrant camps; Mattis to China; USCG funds to ICE?; NATO forces, stuck in traffic; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 25, 2018

160+ ISIS fighters killed in Afghanistan; Pentagon’s migrant-kid camps; Lasers in the East China Sea; USAF buys its cheapest giant rocket; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 22, 2018

Trump backs down; Bolton to Moscow; Letting Sudan off the hook; Korean War dead to return home; and just a bit more...

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• June 21, 2018

F-35’s shrinking future; Marines’ new ride; Yemeni airport falls; What happens to stolen cyber weapons? And just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 20, 2018

Korean exercises, cancelled; Trump orders up Space Force; Kids in cages for national security; Next Afghan-war commander, grilled; and just a bit more…

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 19, 2018

More US-SK wargames cancellations?; Afghan ceasefire collapses; Prisoner swap in Syria; Cyber deterrence, unfortunately; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 18, 2018

Airstrike kills Pakistan Taliban leader?; Battle nears Yemeni port; Ceasefire in Afghanistan; State warns Russia on Syria; and just a bit more…

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 15, 2018

Major exercises with RoK now ‘suspended indefinitely’; China’s island-building ship; Predicting when weapons will break; How to leverage joint exercises; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 14, 2018

Yemen war deepens; No Trump-Kim meeting notes?; Taliban wants direct talks with US; Cyberdefending dams; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 13, 2018

Summit brings concessions, vague promises; Yemen war set to escalate; Trump Doctrine, defined; US opens not-quite-embassy in Taiwan; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 12, 2018

Summit day prep; G-7 debacle; Suicide bomb in Afghanistan; How Google pitches AI to SOF; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 11, 2018

‘Don’t think I have to prepare much’; Russia’s giant war cloud; Xi calls Putin ‘best friend’; Google swears off military AI; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 8, 2018

Afghan ceasefire; POTUS, winging the summit?; Stopping ISIS in Trinidad; Congress seeks tariff review; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 7, 2018

US ops in Syria enter new phase; B-52s over South China Sea; Iran deal teeters; Worker-bee satellites; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 6, 2018

What's next in the war on ISIS; AI sent to hunt nukes; Army vet charged as Chinese spy; USAF scraps $24M fridge plan; and just a bit more...

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 5, 2018