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Threats

The D Brief: Expect more Guard deployments in US; More leaders fired; Rifles vs. drones; Can AI help fix Humvees?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 25, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s drone-warfare plans; ODNI to shrink further; ICE seeks volunteers; Black Hawk upgrades; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 22, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Pushback in DC; Russia’s new bombardment; Marines’ drone wizards; Key AI platform, DOGEd; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 21, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Where troops are in DC; Warships to Venezuela; NSA data chief loses clearance; SecDef’s sprawling security; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 20, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: USAF chief to leave; GOP states send Guard to DC; WH meeting on Ukraine; Navy’s PAO cuts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 19, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: European leaders visit Trump; Summit reax; Armed troops to patrol DC; DOD’s battery plans; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 18, 2025
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Threats

The D Brief: Guard’s DC tasking; China’s reusable rockets; Golden Dome deets; Yemen seizes arms; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 15, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Summit prep; Defense strategy flip; Ukraine’s new main supplier; Foreign-aid decision; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: The ‘feel-out’ summit; Vulcan, operational; Costly IT do-overs; Military vs. cartels; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 13, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Trump’s DC takeover; Russia’s dramatic advance; China’s AI-propaganda push; Seoul’s shrinking military; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • August 12, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Troops into DC; Trump to host Putin; Europe wants Ukraine at Ukraine talks; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • August 11, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Shooting at Ft. Stewart; Spain rejects F-35; China’s nuclear endgame; DNI’s document; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 7, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Tomorrow’s drone defense; US envoy in Moscow; RIP, 5-things email; Cash for deportations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 6, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DTIC, downsizing; INDOPACOM’s ‘Expeditionary foundry’; New solid-rocket maker emerges; NASA eyes moon reactor; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
  • August 5, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Fighter-jet builders strike; China’s rare-earth squeeze; Army’s huge IT contract; DHS signals more troop deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 4, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 1, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: F-35 crashes; ICE’s military-sized budget; Army’s counterdrone lesson; US ‘deportation capital’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 31, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: 4-star promotions now run through Trump; NSA’s top lawyer, fired; Europe’s defense buildup; DIU’s hydrogen bet; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 30, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Two mass shootings; US nukes to UK?; Trump’s new deadline; Europe’s defense-AI startups; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 29, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s new tactics; Ukraine hits St. Petersburg; Boeing strike looms; M-10 aftermath; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
  • July 28, 2025
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