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The D Brief: Fires in Russia; Rising morale in Ukraine; US fugitive fighting for Putin; Assessing…
A Russian oil depot is in flames for a third consecutive day following a Ukrainian drone attack over the weekend in the southern Rostov city of Proletarsk, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. “There are 500 firefighters involved in the…
US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks—but so does complete withdrawal
U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.The assault marked the worst…
Pentagon unveils new biodefense-focused supercomputer
The Defense Department and National Nuclear Security Administration have a new supercomputing system focused on biological defense at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.Inaugurated on August 1, the system will “provide unique…
The D Brief: Collisions in the Pacific; Bridges down inside Russia; Ukraine seeks ‘buffer zone’ in…
New: At three o’clock this morning, China’s Coast Guard rammed several Philippine Coast Guard vessels in the South China Sea, ripping a one-meter hole in one of Manila’s ships, and a five-inch hole in another, according to Philippine Coast…
Russia is pulling some troops out of Ukraine to fight Ukrainians in Russia
How far will Ukrainian forces continue into Russia, and what are they trying to accomplish? The White House said this week that U.S. officials don’t yet know what Ukraine’s “intentions” are, but White House spokesman John Kirby told…
INDOPACOM wants more special operators in the Pacific
HONOLULU, Hawaii—U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is “underinvested” in special operations forces, “and I think SOF is underinvested in PACOM,” the command’s leader said Thursday. “But the time is now to get the SOF enterprise focused on the…
White House cyber czar is working to grow a new generation of cybersecurity workers
SOMEWHERE IN NEVADA — On a scorching August afternoon some 10 miles away from the DEF CON hacker conference situated in the heart of the Las Vegas strip, White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker and a small group of his staff were…
The D Brief: Wanted: faster deterrence; Trade rules, eased; Navy’s multi-amphib buy; Taliban…
CJCS Brown: The Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts. When the Biden administration rolled out its integrated deterrence concept in 2022, it took a while to explain just what this new concept entailed, and longer to…
US, UK, Australia loosen mutual export controls
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States are exempting each other from key export controls, a bid to streamline industrial collaboration under their three-year-old AUKUS tech-sharing agreement, officials said Thursday.“Together,…
Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts, Joint Chiefs chair says
OMAHA, Nebraska—The U.S. government needs to be quicker about rolling out new integrated deterrence efforts, the Pentagon’s top military officer says, as global tensions have risen since the Biden administration made the concept a key part…
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