Policy

Problems with a German railroad contract slowed US munitions to Ukraine, IG says

‘Multiple delays’ are blamed on deficiencies of a shipping arrangement between EUCOM and Deutsche Bahn.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: US confirms N. Korean deployment; WH’s natsec AI memo; Russia amplified hurricane disinfo; Former generals describe Trump; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Army wargame to test cargo drones and live logistics data

The service is also looking into casualty evacuation by drone.

  • Sam Skove
Ideas

What would Harris, Trump do about Russia's invasion of Ukraine?

Harris says support for Kyiv is in the U.S.'s strategic interest. Trump says he'd accept a deal from the strongman he admires.

  • Lena Surzhko Harned, The Conversation
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv’s big EU loan; F-35 readiness still low; Crash victims ID’d; Army cook turned top chef; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia increases drone strikes; US troops attacked in Syria; Missing aviators declared dead; Trump’s radical view; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Estonia considering missiles, drones that can strike inside Russia

The Ukraine war shows “you need to carry the effects deep into enemies,” the country’s defense acquisition chief said in an interview.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Hamas leader, killed; N. Koreans in Ukraine; Army simplifying networks; Boosted rocket production; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: B-2s bomb Houthis; A general’s China alarm; Army’s Ukraine trips; Raytheon fined nearly $1B; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Europe-based units are learning from Ukraine, officers say

A small group of soldiers regularly travels to Kyiv to collect observations, said one general.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Syria; More Red Sea attacks; Bad online trends; Space plane’s new trick; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Kyiv hikes taxes; DOD’s space turf war; Smart new drone; Tornadoes shred Florida roofs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Russian casualties have topped 600,000 in Ukraine war, US says

September was the deadliest month yet for Russia, as its forces drove toward Ukraine’s Pokrovsk.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: Baltics raise defenses; Israel orders hospital evacuations; Another Russian arms dump struck; New polls on Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: MacDill AFB evacuates; Ukraine hits oil terminal; Russia downs own UCAV; Big AI vs. small AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Iran’s missile attack on Israel; Russia seizes town; Ukraine gathers industry; Jan. 6 whitewash; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

In Ukraine, a US firm tests a promising tool against GPS jammers: cell phones

Could “networking phones together as one big distributed antenna” help foil Russian electronic warfare?

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Israel kills Hezbollah chief; $600M for Taiwan; DOD’s uneven study of Ukraine; BBC visits Diego Garcia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Is the US military learning enough from Ukraine?

Relatively few analysts at the services’ doctrine organizations are working full-time to glean lessons from the war.

  • Sam Skove
Threats

The D Brief: SECDEF on subs; Shipyard sabotage?; US, Ukraine ‘missing consensus’; Chinese planes swarm around Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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