Defense One

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...

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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...

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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...

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Assad troops push into Aleppo; Iraqi forces besiege Mosul; Two ways to ease US-Russian tension; Moscow will refurbish 3,000 tanks; and just a bit more...

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10,000 flee Aleppo; Trump is inheriting a growing global counterterror operation—will he escalate or withdraw?; Russia’s air force troubles; Unity thrives in Iraq; And a bit more.

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ISIS cut off inside Mosul; US drones overfly Libya; Canada ditches F-35, for now; SOUTHCOM seeks network speed; and just a bit more….

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ISIS increasingly cut off in Mosul; US threatens Syrian generals; Trump effect at Halifax; What happened to the other Michael Flynn?; and just a bit more...

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Bomb kills dozens in Kabul; NSA/Cyber commander on the hot seat; Besieged Aleppo is out of hospitals; Russia vows to stop NATO expansion; and just a bit more...

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Iraqi SOF pushes further into Mosul; Airstrikes on Aleppo hospitals; Trump picks Flynn as nat’l security adviser; D1 Summit wraps; and just a bit more...

Policy

Rep. Schiff: ‘Grave Concerns’ About Trump’s Relationship to America’s Intelligence Community

Policy

Sen. Cotton: Trump Will Likely Take a Tougher Line on Russia

Threats

Key airport seized outside Mosul; Turkish troops move toward al-Bab; Cotton: boost BMD, reassure allies; It’s Defense One Summit day!; and just a bit more...

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Bombs rain on Aleppo; Rough day for the Trump transition; Signs of life in Mosul; Royal Navy to go guns-only; and just a bit more...

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Russia cleared hot in Syria; East Mosul one-third free of ISIS; How special operators trained for Iraq offensive; Trump’s effect in Europe and Asia; and just a bit more...

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‘Unprecedented attack’ at Bagram; Assault begins on al-Bab; Trump: ‘we have great generals’ who ‘haven’t done the job’; Russia’s imagery games; and just a bit more...

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Arab group withdraws from Raqqa push; March on Mosul’s airport; White House asks $11.6b more for wars; UK-Norway boost cooperation; and a bit more...

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Mosul fighting gets more brutal; Trump issues 100-days plan; Defense stocks soar; Airborne gets a bomb squad; and just a bit more...

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Trump, on top; Assad regime, cautiously optimistic; Arms exports soared under Obama; Diver may have found long-lost nuke; and just a bit more...

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Election Day (at last!); Moving toward Raqqa; Army sends huge ammo shipment to Europe; Navy cancels ammo for newest warship; and a bit more...

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Raqqa offensive moves to Phase 2; 28 hours of terror in Mosul; NATO on higher alert; US cyber-warns Russia ahead of Election Day; And a bit more.