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Moscow’s Iranian-missile deal draws Western sanctions
The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany will impose sanctions on key Russian and Iranian entities, including Iran Air, after Russia sent “dozens” of troops to Iran to train on Fath-360 ballistic missiles, according to the…
The D Brief: Pentagon’s shutdown alarm; US-China military talks; US to OK ATACMS strikes?; RIP, Lt.…
SecDef Austin’s warning to House Appropriations: Rather than fully fund the government, thereby averting another shutdown at the end of the month, House Republicans’ latest planned short-term funding bill would set back a wide range of…
Why there’s no easy answer to Russia’s glide bombs
As the West hunts for a way to help Ukraine stem Russia’s devastating glide bomb attacks, officials and analysts have said Kyiv’s request to use U.S. missiles won’t address the problem, while other methods come with drawbacks as well.The…
Duct fans fly again—in drone form
Could a one-minute test flight of a half-century-old propulsion concept lead to the next big thing in logistics?On Tuesday, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation announced that a drone had executed a pair of hovering tests on Sept. 6 at its…
Time to retire ‘Arab-Israeli conflict’?
The current phase of fighting in the Middle East began almost a year ago, with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the subsequent pummeling of Gaza by Israel. But to many academics, foreign policy…
The D Brief: Iranian missiles to Moscow; Troops advance in Ukraine; Drone crash in Latvia; Israel…
Iran has sent Russia more than 200 short-range ballistic missiles, Ukrainian officials said last week, citing classified intelligence reports. The weapons are believed to be Fath-360 missiles, “which can reach targets up to 70 miles away,”…
Could an easy radio fix have prevented the Trump assassination attempt?
An emerging picture indicates that better communications tech between agencies may have prevented the Trump shooting—and that getting the Secret Service, law enforcement, and the Department of Homeland Security on the same page…
Military must move beyond integration to inclusion
Imagine you are serving in an elite military unit. Your job is critical to its operations; your teammates rely on you for their safety and often their very lives. You were carefully screened for this assignment and selected as the best…
Russia aims to tip US election to Trump, intel official says
Russia is using a combination of covertly funded groups and its state-run RT media outlet to inflame U.S. domestic divisions and increase support for Donald Trump ahead of November’s election, an intelligence official said Friday.“RT…
The D Brief: Hatch Act violations; ICBM costs are a ‘collective failure’; Fiscal-year-end…
Navy secretary violated prohibitions on political activity, federal office finds. Carlos Del Toro broke the Hatch Act during an official trip to the UK in January, the federal Office of the Special Counsel announced Thursday. In an…
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