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Threats

Hostage rescue in Syria?; Russian Iskanders in Latakia?; US Marines sent back to Helmand; US Navy reveals new high-end surface strategy; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 9, 2017
Threats

Ominous warning in Syria; Top spies slam Trump tweets; 2016 airstrikes, by the numbers; Navy ends carrier drought; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
  • January 6, 2017
Threats

US doubles its troops in Mosul; Trump plans to shrink CIA; The tech that may stop NorK ICBMs; Engine falls off B-52; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
  • January 5, 2017
Threats

Mosul exodus intensifies; Trump slams IC, again; Weaponized narrative, the new battlespace; China tests naval weapons; and just a bit more...

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

Istanbul attacker remains at large; Iraqi troops resume push into Mosul; NorK promises ICBM test soon; US may hit ISIS with ‘space cyber weapons’; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 3, 2017
Threats

Terror by truck in Berlin; Russia’s CSI in Ankara; F-35 chief fires back at Trump; Bye-bye, F-4s; and just a bit more….

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
  • December 20, 2016
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Threats

Evacuations resume in Aleppo; China to return USNS drone; A SecArmy pick; Mapping Trump’s natsec conflicts-of-interest; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 19, 2016
Threats

Obama: US will respond to Russia’s hacking; Aleppo evacuation suspended; A new era of espionage?; Army wraps base renovations in Estonia; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 16, 2016
Threats

Putin approved election meddling; Ceasefire in Aleppo; China is arming its fake islands; Swarming drone boats just got a lot smarter; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 15, 2016
Threats

Final hours in Aleppo?; ISIS captures an anti-air missile; Trump’s conflicts of interest; US halts some arms to Saudi; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 14, 2016
Threats

Meltdown in Aleppo; ExxonMobil CEO for SecState; Trump vs. defense industry?; Israel gets first F-35s; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 13, 2016
Threats

5 terrorist attacks in 5 cities; Syria war heats up; Grappling with Russian hacking; Trump on China, IC, F-35; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Kevin Baron, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
  • December 12, 2016
Threats

Exodus from Aleppo; ISIS body counts; Congress, Trump on collision course over Russian election hacking; A peek into JSOC; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 9, 2016
Threats

Aleppo is all but finished; DHS pick is another gruff talker; The flawed new plan to fight extremist content; Night vision in sunglasses?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 8, 2016
Threats

Syrian rebels want ceasefire in Aleppo; Obama’s wartime legacy, in his words; Trump’s AF1 tweet rattles industry; Cyber cyber cyber; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2016
Threats

Obama, SOF, and the rules of war; Why the US struggles with influence warfare; Report: $125b in Pentagon waste; Mike Flynn, conspiracy theorist; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 6, 2016
Threats

Russian-backed forces control most of Aleppo; Trump tweets jabs at China; LCS, at a crossroads; US may give anti-air missiles to Syrian rebels; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
  • December 5, 2016
Threats

Mattis named as SecDef; 14 car bombs a day in Mosul; Russia to use Iranian airbase; Counterterror gadgets of the future; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
  • December 2, 2016
Threats

Rebel alliances shift in Syria; Trump’s unexpected offer to Pakistan; Mosul progress slows; Ukraine tests put Russian troops on alert; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 1, 2016
Threats

Confirmation bias turns lethal; F-35Bs practice beach assault; Refugees pour out of besieged Aleppo; The moral dilemma of serving under Trump; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • November 30, 2016
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