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Seoul asks to delay joint exercise; AP: Mosul liberation killed far more civilians than ISIS fighters; Afghanistan airstrikes near 2012 surge levels; Ukraine wants POWs home by Christmas; and just a bit more…

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 20, 2017
Threats

Inside the new National Security Strategy; US blames North Korea for ‘Wannacry’; Houthis allegedly target Riyadh again; 33rd US airstrike in Somalia this year; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 19, 2017
Threats

Trump’s national security strategy expected at 2 p.m.; Tillerson retreats on NK talks; Putin thanks Trump for CIA’s help; Obama admin scuttled counter-Hezbollah project; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 18, 2017
Threats

US shows ‘Iranian weapons found in Yemen’; China reinforces fake islands; Senator: 30% chance of N. Korean war; 3 things US troops need in Europe; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 15, 2017
Threats

Suicide attack in Somalia kills 18 police; How US arms wound up in ISIS’ hands; Train-and-equip lives on in Syria; Internet traffic diverted through Russia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 14, 2017
Threats

Trump knocks defense bill’s anti-Russia provisions; RexT’s olive branch to North Korea; Conflicts to watch in 2018; Another drone strike in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 13, 2017
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Threats

Assad set to rule at least 4 more years; Finally, a US ambassador tapped for Seoul; China runs ‘encircling drills’ around Taiwan; EU launches joint defense projects; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 12, 2017
Threats

Subway blast in NYC; North Korea’s emerging biothreat; China ups its spy game; US seeks loitering kamizake drones; and just a bit more…

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
  • December 11, 2017
Threats

Shutdown averted, for now; ‘Day of rage’ in Jerusalem; Coalition resumes striking ISIS in Syria; DoD aims to start programs in just 12 months; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 8, 2017
Threats

Olympic-sized safety question; Trump convenes top lawmakers as shutdown looms; Emergency Jerusalem task force stands up; How F-35 might cue missile defenses; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2017
Threats

US bucks international consensus over Jerusalem; Navy blames Congress for wasting $4B; ISIS war leaves Philippine island in ruins; A drone that drops from a fake bomb; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 6, 2017
Threats

Trump’s military would outspend Reagan’s, CBO says; What’s next for Yemen; US subhunters to return to Iceland; Save the Pentagon’s innovation insurgency; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 5, 2017
Threats

Big air exercise over South Korea; Yemen takes turns for the worse; Expect new US natsec strategy within weeks; Beijing confirms basing warplanes in the South China Sea; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 4, 2017
Threats

Mike Flynn charged with lying to the FBI; America's drone war expands to Niger; Why the Army is rebuilding ammo from WWII; Are hobbyists’ drones spying for China?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 1, 2017
Threats

North Korea's kinda big ICBM; Marine artillery to exit Syria; Russia gets an air base in Egypt; USSOF in the spotlight in Somalia; China adds two subs; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 30, 2017
Threats

North Korea tests another ICBM; Russia to build own internet directory; US previews more aggressive strategy in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 29, 2017
Threats

30 US strikes on Somalia this year; Top enlisted leaders say ‘what readiness crisis?’; Russian fighter buzzes Navy P-8; Hawaii resumes Cold War siren tests; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 28, 2017
Threats

White House stops arming Kurds in Syria; US presence in Iraq, Afghanistan rises to 26K troops; China’s anti-stealth quantum radar; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 27, 2017
Threats

3 missing in Navy plane crash; Russia undermines killer-robot talks; Airstrike in Somalia; N. Korean dashes to freedom across DMZ; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 22, 2017
Threats

US bombs Afghan opium labs, lays out 2-year plan; Troop deaths rose in 2017; N. Korea back on terror list; Putin, Assad meet; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 21, 2017
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