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- + The Syria Boondoggle: Who’s Ready to Die in Vain?—Mark my words: an American soldier will soon die for next to nothing i...
- + Provocative US Air and Sea Maneuvers at Russia’s Borders—This past weekend, Russian state television on two major channels devo...
- + The War on Assange Is a War on Truth—It is dangerous to reveal the truth about the illegal and immoral thin...
- + Stephen F. Cohen: In Memoriam—On Friday, 18 September, professor Steve Cohen passed away in New York...
- + Lebanon Slides Toward the Sectarian Brink Again—More than a month ago Beirut suffered a massive explosion at its port,...
- + Israel-UAE Deal Requires New US-Funded Arms Race—Fresh off of signing a peace deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
- + Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed—Eleven people were killed and seven were wounded in the latest violenc...
- + Iraq Daily Roundup: Seven Killed—Seven people were killed in Iraq. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundu...
- + September 14, 2001: The Day America Became Israel—This article is dedicated to the memory of an activist, inspiration, a...
- + The ‘Desaparecidos’ of Palestine: Gantz Escalates Israel’s War on the Dead—On September 2, the Israeli government approved a proposal that allows...
- + Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine Killed in Attacks—At least nine people, mostly militiamen, were killed in attacks. The ...
- + Faux Peace: Israel and Arab Gulf Royals—Ascribing the euphemism, peace, for formally normalizing the relations...
- + How USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria With Impunity—While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland an...
- + A ‘Persistent Eye in the Sky’ Coming to a City Near You?—“Gorgon Stare will be looking at a whole city, so there will be ...
- + Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed—Fresh attacks left two dead. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup<...
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- + Trump says no TikTok deal yet amid security concerns—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkPresident Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wasn...
- + Eyeing China, Pentagon plans larger, ‘more lethal’ navy—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkSecretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Wednes...
- + France sees joint European drone project launched this year—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkFrance is confident that a deal on developing a ...
- + US Army Experimental Test Pilots Fly Valor V-280—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIn support of the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Fut...
- + Greek arms spending will not cost 10 billion euros: minister—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkGreece’s defence minister on Wednesday dis...
- + US will prevent Iran from getting Chinese, Russian arms: Pompeo—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Tuesday ...
- + Trump says he has ‘no problem’ selling UAE advanced F-35 Fighter Jets—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkUS President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would ...
- + Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress—DefenceTalkDefenceTalkIn December 2016, the Navy released a force-stru...
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- + Could Trump Assassinate A World Leader and Get Away With it?—Maybe. Scholars explain why the answer is as murky as the law. [Catego...
- + Analysis: How Trump’s TikTok Deal Helps China—The deal doesn’t really address data or privacy concerns. It does help...
- + How We Survive the Winter—The coming months of the pandemic could be catastrophic. The U.S. stil...
- + The US Navy Has Drifted Badly Off Course—Three main failures are imperiling the sea service, writes the service...
- + Today's D Brief: 200,000 Americans dead of COVID; Army sends armor to Syria; Space Force, deployed; WeChat ban, blocked; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + The US Is on the Path to Destruction—Climate change is killing Americans and destroying the country’s physi...
- + The Pentagon Is Funding the Destruction of Cultural Heritage —Construction of Trump’s border wall is undermining not just sacred sit...
- + Guam Becomes a Living Laboratory for Pentagon’s ‘Connect-Everything’ Experiments—US INDOPACOM and the Air Force are testing new networked warfare solut...
- + EU, US May Sanction Belarusian Leadership Next Week —Tensions are still running high and crackdowns continue in Minsk [Cate...
- + Today's D Brief: FBI: Russia helping Trump; Chinese jets buzz Taiwan; America’s declining reputation; Readers pick top natsec problems; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Esper's Convenient Lie—The defense secretary's claim that the two decades of countering viole...
- + The Air Force Needs a New Non-Stealthy Bomber—There are important things the B-1 and B-52 do that the B-21 won’t. [C...
- + Lessons of virtual AFA; Esper wants more cash for ships; One-on-one with Lockheed Aero boss, and more.— [Category: Business]
- + Nobody Wants America to Rule the World —Foreign confidence in the U.S. is sinking even faster than the share o...
- + Air Force to Try In-Flight Software Update—The demonstration would show how the service’s DevSecOps initiative ca...
- + Today's D Brief: CDC rebuts WH vaccine promises; Taliban’s insulating wealth; New arms sales to Taiwan?; Allies flock to DOD AI project; And a bit more.— [Category: Threats]
- + Combat Leaders Go Through Hell to Learn About Risk. The Acquisition Corps Should Do the Same—One reason the “culture of innovation” hasn’t taken proper hold at the...
- + Who is Secretly Building the USAF’s New Fighter?—Officials are mum, so here’s a roundup of clues. [Category: Business]
- + Defense Intel Head: We ‘Did What We Were Supposed To’ With COVID Warning—DIA chief hints that the public doesn’t yet know just what the militar...
- + France, Israel, S. Korea, Japan, Others Join Pentagon’s AI Partnership—13 countries took part in DoD’s two-day dialogue about the future of r...
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- + The Reality of Britain: Brexit Was Dragged Over the Line Illegally. Brian Johnson is a Liar… A Paranoid Political Regime—If you had said to friends in 2015 that you’d had a dream and that in ...
- + The COVID-19 Crisis in the UK. Towards a Full Lockdown?—Big Guns: Groups of more than six in the park are lawbreaking – but gr...
- + Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation and Civil Liberties— Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word “streamline” in the con...
- + Did the US Draw up a Plan to Drop 80 Nuclear Weapons on North Korea?—Current nuclear war plans are among any nuclear-armed military’s most ...
- + Schools Perpetuating “Unsupported Overreaction to the Coronavirus”—In his recent paper, Dr. Ron B. Brown PhD writes: “Students have been ...
- + Selected Articles: Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – The Deadly Danger of False Positives—We hope that by publishing diverse view points, submitted by journalis...
- + Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – The Deadly Danger of False Positives—I never expected to be writing something like this. I am an ordinary p...
- + Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 13—Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange...
- + Why It Is Likelier that the U.S. Government Had Alexei Navalny Poisoned. “Immense Propaganda Asset to US”—The poisoning of Alexei Navalny has created intensified support by pro...
- + Pompeo’s “Humanitarian Intervention” in Latin America: Is Washington Planning A Coup In Venezuela Before The November Elections?—The US and its long-time Puppet state, Colombia are moving towards ano...
- + Israel’s Knesset Votes Down Bill Guaranteeing Equality for Palestinian-Israelis, 21% of Population—The London pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-Arabi (Arab Jerusalem) reports th...
- + The US’ Latest Anti-Iranian Sanctions Will Worsen the Trade War with China—The US’ latest anti-Iranian sanctions won’t change much wh...
- + They Call for Assange’s Immediate Release: Heads of state, prime ministers, parliamentarians, members of Congress, … demand Assange be set free—Check here for the latest update to this list. As Julian Assange figh...
- + They Call for Assange’s Immediate Release: Lula, Rousseff, Morales, Zapatero, Corbyn, Correa, Paul, Galloway, Gravel, Varoufakis…—Check here for the latest update to this list. As Julian Assange figh...
- + Open Letter to the UK Prime Minister, Mr Boris Johnson, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland QC, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel—Dear Prime Minister, Dear Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for ...
- + Trump’s Mideast Mirage— The Trump administration, desperate for some good news, just manufact...
- + What the Flint Water Crisis Meant for My Family—In 2015, my life fell apart. The first signs of trouble came from my s...
- + Hundreds of Thousands of Migratory Birds ‘Falling Out of the Sky’ in the Southwest—The American Southwest is witnessing a horrific and inexplicable pheno...
- + The Dangers of Nuclear War: Trump Regime Sabotaging New START Extension Talks with Russia?—Throughout his tenure, Trump showed he’s a deal-breaker, not maker — n...
- + Belarus: US Sponsored “Color Revolution” or “Union State Treaty” with Russia?—Longtime incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko overwhelmingly defea...
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- + F-15EX engine competition offerors target production rates of 90–100 units per year—The two likely offerors for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing F-15EX ...
- + NATO's Atlantic command becomes operational—NATO declared the initial operational capability (IOC) of its first At...
- + New Type 05-based amphibious reconnaissance vehicle in PLA service—Chinese state-owned television has released footage showing what appea...
- + Update: Image suggests PLAAF is operating GB 100 precision-guided bomb—A photograph has emerged on the WeChat social media account of the Wes...
- + CERBAIR unveils Chimera C-UAS system—French company CERBAIR is seeking overseas customers for its new Chime...
- + Australia launches dart rocket carrying prototype radio frequency receiver for RAAF—The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra has announced that a dart ...
- + First Brazilian Gripen arrives in-country—The first Saab Gripen E for Brazil arrived in-country on 20 September,...
- + Philippine Air Force receives first four of six Super Tucano aircraft—The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has received the first four of six Embr...
- + Pentagon fields early version of advanced AI development platform—The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is fielding...
- + JAIC Smart Sensor plays key role in USAF advanced ISR pod prototype—A key artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled video processing technology...
- + Update: USAF reveals new eSeries designation for digitally designed assets—The US Air Force (USAF) has revealed a new designating system for its ...
- + ULA steps up scrutiny of supplier ownership—United Launch Alliance (ULA) has expanded efforts to determine who own...
- + Afghanistan receives additional Super Tucanos—Afghanistan has received a further four Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC...
- + Hanwha Systems selected as preferred bidder for KDDX combat system and multi-function radar—Hanwha Systems was selected on 16 September as the final preferred bid...
- + Germany to form A400M Multinational Air Transport Unit with Hungary—Germany is establishing a new multinational unit to operate the Airbus...
- + DoD awards USD7.4 billion for USAF and FMS Reaper production—The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded General Atomics Aeronau...
- + India raises cap on defence foreign investment—India has formally raised the cap on foreign direct investment (FDI) i...
- + Australia revamps defence contracting—The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) announced on 18 September p...
- + Brazilian Navy releases new 20-year plan—The Brazilian Navy is looking to acquire medium-sized general-purpose ...
- + Boeing announces Chinook engine support teaming for Germany—Boeing is to team with Honeywell Aerospace and Rolls-Royce Deutschland...
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- + Joe Biden's Turkey Comments Are Bad News For U.S. Middle East Allies—Eric Bordenkircher Security, Middle East Joe Biden’s approach to U....
- + Did President Franklin Roosevelt Plan to Enter World War II Before Pearl Harbor?—Warfare History Network History, Americas Winston Churchill, for on...
- + The Hidden Costs of Racking Up National Debt—Tony Makin economy, Before the financial crisis the preferred mean...
- + What World War II and the Ebola Outbreak Can Teach Us About School Closures—Alberto Posso Coronavirus, The Ebola epidemic occurred in Guinea, ...
- + Israeli Drones Push the Envelope for Work in Civilian Airspace and Rescue Operations —Seth J. Frantzman Security, Middle East The sight of large drones f...
- + Meet Yoshihide Suga – The Man Set to be Japan's Next Prime Minister?—Craig Mark Politics, Asia Unlike Abe and many other Japanese politi...
- + How World War I Revolutionized Communications—Warfare History Network History, Europe Although leaders were slow ...
- + The Fight Over the Supreme Court Could Make the US Presidential Election Even More Bitter—Jared Mondschein Politics, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
- + Japan Attacked America Four Years Before Pearl Harbor (Yes, Really)—Warfare History Network History, Asia Was the deadly 1937 Japanese ...
- + Scientists Think There May Be Life on Venus. If They're Right, How Did It Get There?—Luke Steller Science, Outer Space The recent discovery of phosphine...
- + Bloodbath at the Chosin: Turning Point of the Korean War—Warfare History Network History, Asia A U.S. combat team fought aga...
- + Killing Mussolini: How Communist Partisans Executed the Fascist Dictator—Warfare History Network History, Europe Intrigue still surrounds th...
- + Is Pakistan’s Influence Over the Afghan Taliban Weakening? —Abdul Basit Security, Asia Pakistan is deeply unpopular in Afghanis...
- + The Real Reason Ruth Bader Ginsburg Made History—Kcasey McLoughlin Society, Ginsburg was a trailblazer in every asp...
- + Why the Battle of Chancellorsville Was Both Glorious and Tragic—Warfare History Network History, Americas Famed Confederate general...
- + Trump’s Appeals to White Anxiety Aren't ‘Dog Whistles’ – They’re Racism—Bethany Albertson Politics, In politician speak, a dog whistle is ...
- + Bill Gates: “Outrageous” That Americans Can’t Get Coronavirus Test Results Within a Day —Ethen Kim Lieser Health, Americas The Microsoft co-founder, who has...
- + In America's Absence, China Is Taking Latin America By Storm—John Turner Security, Latin America The United States cannot stop C...
- + Pine-Sol Cleaner Gains EPA Approval That It Can Kill Coronavirus on Hard Surfaces —Ethen Kim Lieser Security, Americas Clorox, the world’s largest man...
- + Coronavirus Has Exposed The Need To Reform The United Nations—Rachel A. George Security, World A global health pandemic at unprec...
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- + The Kremlin Deploys a Brigade-Sized Force to Belarus Near Polish Border— September 21, 2020, 6:15 EDT By George Barros The Kremlin signi...
- + Warning: NEXTA Actively Encourages Belarusian Security Service Defections—September 20, 2020 4:30 EDTBy George Barros The NEXTA Telegram ch...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Multiple Russian Military Exercises Occurring in the Western Military District, Belarus, and Moldova—September 19, 2020, 7:00 pm EDTBy George BarrosThe Kremlin is conducti...
- + Syria Warning Update: Syrian Regime Offensive on Idlib May Be Imminent—By Isabel Ivanescu with Andrew Greco Key Takeaway: Turkey may ha...
- + Syria Situation Report: September 2-15, 2020— By Andrew Greco and Will Christou (Syria Direct) Key Takeaway: ...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Lukashenko Softens His Opposition to Protests, Seeking Leverage against Increased Russian Pressure—September 14, 2020, 6:00 pm EDT By Mason Clark Belarusian Preside...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Lukashenko Tries to Control Protests Ahead of Meeting with Putin— September 13, 2020, 6:00 pm EDTBy Mason ClarkLukashenko’s campai...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Lukashenko Resists Moscow’s Pressure for Economic Integration— September 10, 2020, 8:45 pm EDT By George Barros Belarusian ...
- + Warning: Lukashenko Begins Targeting the Kremlin Ahead of Meeting Putin— September 9, 2020, 6:00pm EDT Belarus Update By George BarrosBe...
- + Warning: Russia Escalates in Eastern Syria—Warning: Russia Escalates in Eastern Syria By: Eva KahanKey Take...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Russian Force Deployment to Belarus is Likely Imminent— September 17, 2020 7:15 pm EDT By George BarrosThe Kremlin will...
- + Warning: Lukashenko Expels Opposition Leaders to Support Kremlin Information Operation — September 8, 2020, 7:20 pm EDT By George Barros and Mason Clark&n...
- + Belarus Warning Update Russian Force Deployment to Belarus is Likely Imminent— September 17, 2020 7:15 pm EDT By George BarrosThe Kremlin will...
- + Warning: Moscow Claims Poland Is the Lead Sponsor of Belarusian Protests; Minsk Calls Protests a “Color Revolution” —September 4, 2020, 5:15 EDT By George Barros The Kremlin framed Po...
- + Warning: Belarusian Security Forces Likely Kidnap Opposition Leader Kolesnikova— September 7 5:00pm EDT Belarus Update By: Mason Clark U...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Lukashenko and the Kremlin Vie for Control over Future Russian Weapons in Belarus — September 16, 2020, 5:45 pm EDT By George Barros and Mason Clar...
- + Syria Situation Report: August 19-September 1, 2020— By John Dunford and Will Cristou (Syria Direct) Key Takeaway: T...
- + Assad and Russia Deliberately Exacerbate Crisis as COVID-19 Ravages Idlib— By: Isabel Ivanescu Key Takeaway: Mounting interna...
- + Belarus Warning Update: Putin Sends Airborne Troops to Belarus Exercise—and a Message to Lukashenko—September 15, 2020, 5:00 pm EDT By George Barros Moscow has modi...
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- + USS Antietam conducts Tomahawk strike exercise near Guam— U.S. military forces in the Valiant Shield 2020 exercise in the Pacif...
- + Britain reauthorizes program allowing Afghan interpreters to relocate— Over 150 civilian interpreters used by the British military in Afghan...
- + NATO's Jens Stoltenberg: Alliance must expand NATO influence to counter China— NATO must embrace countries beyond Europe to expand its influence in ...
- + Chinese propaganda video shows bombers attacking what looks like Guam— A new Chinese propaganda video borrows heavily from Hollywood and dep...
- + BAE awarded $111M contract for Navy's Archerfish mine neutralizers— BAE Systems announced a contract Monday worth up to $111 million to s...
- + Military leaders mark end of U.S. Marines engagment in Uganda— American and Ugandan military leaders held a virtual ceremony this we...
- + General Atomics nets $7.4B MQ-9 Reaper contract with U.S. Air Force— A $7.4 billion contract between the U.S. Air Force and General Atomic...
- + 'Go ahead and build' another Chinese aircraft carrier, Adm. Christopher Grady says— China's construction of its third aircraft carrier validates the U.S....
- + NATO concludes defense chiefs' conference with praise for military plans— A virtual conference of NATO defense chiefs on Friday noted the milit...
- + Japanese lawmakers call for protection of contested islands— Japanese lawmakers called for joint military drills with the United S...
- + Marines upgrade 'Monster Machine' cargo lifter— The U.S. Marine Corps said Friday its cargo-lifting vehicle known as ...
- + Air Force may soon be able to update flight software in real time— The Air Force is preparing to announce that an aircraft can push out ...
- + Navy wraps Exercise Black Widow 2020 in Atlantic— The Navy is wrapping up Exercise Black Widow 2020 in the North Atlant...
- + Mark Esper outlines plan for 355-ship Navy, calls for more focus on China— Defense Secretary Mark Esper this week described plans to build out t...
- + U.S., Britain partner on research into sensor information processing— The United States and Britain have announced a jointly funded project...
- + NATO opens new Atlantic Command at Norfolk, Va.— NATO's new Atlantic Command, Joint Force Command Norfolk, was declare...
- + 2nd airman this week dies in non-combat incident in Kuwait— For the second time in less than a week, the Pentagon announced the d...
- + Air Force delays fitness testing until January— The Air Force said Wednesday it plans to resume fitness testing for s...
- + Senators introduce bill allowing service members to break leases by email— A bipartisan group of senators has introduced legislation that would ...
- + Air Force to lead Astral Knight 2020 exercise in Poland— This month U.S. Air Forces in Europe will lead a joint multinational ...
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- + Think Twice Before Using Facebook, Google, or Apple to Sign In Everywhere—So-called single sign-on options offer a lot of convenience. But they ...
- + The Cheating Scandal That Ripped the Poker World Apart—Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Vero...
- + The iOS 14 Privacy and Security Features You Should Know—The latest update for your iPhone and iPad will make them safer than e...
- + A Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Billions of Devices Vulnerable—Indictments against Iranian hackers, a Veterans Affairs data breach, a...
- + A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital—The outage resulted in a significant delay in treatment. German author...
- + Gen Z Has a Plan to Save the Election—Starting With the Polls—Poll workers, who skew elderly, are in short supply during the pandemi...
- + Companies Can Track Your Phone’s Movements to Target Ads—Brands are seeking new ways to customize messages. A startup that gath...
- + The Wayback Machine and Cloudflare Want to Backstop the Web—The Internet Archive and the infrastructure company are teaming up to ...
- + Feds Charge Chinese Hackers With Ripping Off Video Game Loot From 9 Companies—A group known as Barium allegedly attacked hundreds of targets around ...
- + Stacey Abrams on How We’ll Beat Back Voter Suppression—The former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor talks democracy, ...
- + One Data Scientist’s Quest to Quash Misinformation—Sara-Jayne Terp uses the tools of cybersecurity to track false claims ...
- + A Texas County Clerk’s Bold Crusade to Transform How We Vote—How Dana DeBeauvoir set off the biggest, weirdest, and most promising ...
- + The Facebook Defectors Turning Trump’s Strategy Against Him—The platform was key to the president’s upset victory in 2016. Can a g...
- + How We’ll Know the Election Wasn’t Rigged—Whether you’re casting a ballot in person or by mail, there’s plenty t...
- + The International Playbook for Foiling Russian Interference—The Kremlin has meddled in so many elections that democracy’s immune s...
- + CBP Seized OnePlus Buds as ‘Counterfeit’ AirPods. Now It's Doubling Down—The US government has detained thousands of wireless earbuds on suspic...
- + The Safest Ways to Log In to Your Computer—Passwords, keyfobs, fingerprints—there are lots of ways to gain access...
- + Hackers Target Porn Site Visitors Using Flash and Internet Explorer—Plus: Ransomware holds up schools, Zoom adds two-factor, and more of t...
- + The Best Privacy-Friendly Alternatives to Google Maps—Google Maps is arguably the easiest mapping service to use, but that d...
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