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As new ICBMs' cost soars, a few lawmakers are trying to rein it in
A congressional working group on nuclear arms will hold a hearing in July on the budget-busting program.
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Biden puts limits on asylum requests at the US-Mexico border
No more than 2,500 incoming people will be able to apply for asylum per day under the new executive order.
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House defense bills on collision course over F-35, second sub
Appropriators would boost, not cut, jet purchases, and hew to the Navy’s submarine-building plan.
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Biden threatens veto as GOP outlines proposed FY25 cuts
House Republicans propose cutting $700m from military construction, 12% of State and USAID funding, and more.
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Defense Digital Service directors used unauthorized tech tools, watchdog finds
The former leaders “exposed DOD information to additional cybersecurity risk and increased the risk of compromise,” says the Pentagon’s inspector general found.
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The Navy wants to crowdsource innovation
CTO urges the Navy Department to hold more “structured challenges” to spur breakthroughs.
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How the Space Force plans to surge a commercial fleet during wartime
New program is based on the concept of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
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Should Cyber Force become the next service?
The House will vote on a proposal to study the question as part of the 2025 defense authorization bill.
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US plan may boost NATO arms production for Ukraine
Money would also go toward Ukrainian defense industry and undercutting Russian arms sales.
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Army brass opposes drone branch
The service must first establish how it wants to use drones, leaders say.
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Meet the frustrated negotiators seeking a Gaza ceasefire
Qatar is increasingly the world’s mediator, but this is the energy-rich sheikdom’s toughest case yet.
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Austin on Rafah operation: ‘There's better ways to do this’
U.S. officials are voicing greater concern about Israel's new operation. That hasn’t changed policy.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 154: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 3: The wider world
In the final episode in a three-part series, we revisit the guns-vs.-butter debate and take another look at the consequences of Washington's "porcupine" strategy for Taiwan's defense.
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 153: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific
Why is the region in the middle of an arms race? And what do analysts think China is really spending on its military?
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 152: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 1: Russia
Russia is spending as much on its military as it did in the 1980s. How sustainable is that?
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Air Force picks homes for expeditionary ‘Air Task Forces’
The new deployment model will get its first real-world test next year.
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House authorizers: cut F-35 purchases to fix problems
Their version of the defense policy bill would reduce the Pentagon’s 2025 purchase by 10 jets.
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An Army drone branch? Idea advances in House subcommittee
Tactical and Land Forces panel’s NDAA proposal would also fund 3 “unfunded priorities.”
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Spy agencies need policies to protect sensitive data about American consumers: ODNI
The intelligence community frequently buys data that reveals personal details about individual U.S. citizens, a report found last year.
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'Swarm pilots' will need new tactics—and entirely new training methods: Air Force special-ops chief
AFSOC will expand on groundbreaking experiments this summer, Lt. Gen. Bauernfeind says in interview.
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