Defense One

Threats

Mosul offensive's bloody turn; White House offloads some authority to Pentagon; Russian defense spending drops 25%; Three questions about Trump’s anti-ISIS plan; and just a bit more...

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US signals ‘new approach’ to North Korea; Israel’s Arrow hits...something; Army gets powerful new laser; Patriot missile takes out quadcopter; and just a bit more….

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US may send 1,000 troops to Syria; Trump’s ‘hard-power budget’; The messy future of Russian spying; New kinds of war demand a new defensive alliance; and just a bit more...

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Mosul battle enters final stages; In Syria, a suicide bomb as peace talks inch forward; SECDEF calls climate change a threat; Pirates return to Somalia; and just a bit more...

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CIA returns to drone-striking; How NorK runs underground nuke tests; Former DoD intel chief on insider threats; Lawmakers decry proposed Coast Guard cuts; and just a bit more...

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Trump may relax battlefield rules; Executive-branch reorganization expected; Japan plans largest post-WWII naval foray; Jailbreak in Afghanistan; and just a bit more...

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South Korean president impeached; 2,500 more soldiers head to ISIS war; Generals plead: don’t cut State; What AFRICOM needs now; and just a bit more...

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US sends Marines to Syria; ISIS loses control of Iraqi oil; The worst thing about the Vault7 leak; Army expects cargo-bots within a decade; and just a bit more...

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Carnage in Kabul; Militias seize Libyan oil ports; Three ways of looking at NorK’s missile test; That Wikileaks dump; and just a bit more...

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THAAD arrives in Korea; How Iraq got off the travel-ban list; Has the F-35 already seen combat?; US SOF is still hunting Kony; and just a bit more...

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4 North Korean launches; Waves of car bombs in Mosul; China crashes US airpower conference; America can’t agree on its main threat; and just a bit more...

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Escalation in Yemen; Drone strikes soar under Trump; US, Russia, Hezbollah team up; USAF eyes laser-armed C-130; And just a bit more...

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‘What we’re doing is working’ in Iraq; Hostile forces converging in Syria; Russian-backed forces advance in Ukraine; Navy’s cybersecurity chief, in conversation; and just a bit more...

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Trump praises budget in address to Congress; Iraqis surround Mosul; USAF eyes prop-driven attack planes; Iran test-fires missile from submarine; and just a bit more...

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Stocks rise on defense-spending proposal; Retired generals blast proposed cuts to State; Defeat-ISIS plan, delivered; USAF to retire iconic UAV; and just a bit more...

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Grinding through western Mosul; AQ deputy killed in Syria; No F-35 to Mideast for a few years; SecNav pick bows out; and just a bit more...

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The US, Turks and Saudis jostle for Raqqa; 3 urgent tasks for Trump’s natsec team; Russia charts Afghanistan’s future; B-52s have been busy vs ISIS; And a bit more.

Policy

3 Urgent Tasks for Trump’s National-Security Team

Threats

Trump leaves Russia questions unanswered; Harward rejects NSC offer; Ex-Blackwater head now pitching China; Army to set up foreign-training brigades; and just a bit more...

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Mattis warns NATO; Dunford to meet Russian counterpart; More troops to Syria?; The changing cost of F-35A/B/C, charted; and just a bit more...