Today's D Brief: China sends drone around Taiwan; HIMARS fail in the Pacific; Russian strikes kill 21 in Ukraine; New US hypersonic test coming soon?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• April 28, 2023

Today's D Brief: US, S. Korea update nuke deal; Arms-production bottlenecks; Ukraine combat video; Robot CSAR?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• April 27, 2023

Today's D Brief: Xi, Zelenskyy talk; Cluster-munitions silence; Taliban vs. ISIS; Carlson vs. the brass; And just a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 26, 2023

Today's D Brief: 4th Sudan ceasefire begins; Evacs widen from outside Khartoum; Ukrainian weather forecast; Next Army chief; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Sam Skove
• April 25, 2023

Today's D Brief: Nations race to evac from Sudan; Global arms sales set new record; Chinese diplo fumbles in Paris; Iran arming Russia via Caspian; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 24, 2023

Today's D Brief: Russia bombs Russia; Ukraine’s tank training; Billionaires’ rockets; Drone opera; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• April 21, 2023

Defense One Radio, Ep. 123: The Discord leaks and what might lie ahead for Ukraine

Defense One’s Patrick Tucker and Sam Skove help explain where Russia's Ukraine invasion stands today, and what might unfold over the coming weeks and months.

• Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Sam Skove
• April 21, 2023

Today's D Brief: More US arms to Ukraine; NATO chief in Kyiv; Russia's 'manly' recruiting campaign; Wargaming Taiwan; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 20, 2023

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s coming counteroffensive; Navy plan draws ire; Allies want space defenses; China’s Antarctic base; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 19, 2023

Today's D Brief: Zelenskyy greets frontline troops; Putin flies to occupied Ukraine; US modernizes Turkey's F-16s; Another ISIS leader killed in Syria; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 18, 2023

Today's D Brief: The quest to arm Taiwan is heating up; Pentagon leaks case isn't over yet; New US polling on China; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 17, 2023

Today's D Brief: Accused leaker arrested; China's Ukraine war promise; North Korea's new ICBM; Against cluster bombs in Ukraine; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 14, 2023

Today's D Brief: Leads in leaker inquest; Putin’s new draft?; ISIS militants, captured; NSA talks AI; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• April 13, 2023

Today's D Brief: Ukraine investigating beheading video; Kyiv’s war on corruption; US semiconductors are still flowing to Russia; Guns in America; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 12, 2023

Today's D Brief: Russia takes more control of Bakhmut; Ukraine wraps British tank training; Fallout continues over leaked Ukraine docs; America’s Covid ‘emergency’ is finally over; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 11, 2023

Today's D Brief: Ukraine leak damage assessment; China rehearses attack on Taiwan; Navy's SCS transit irks Beijing; Jon Stewart on DOD 'corruption'; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 10, 2023

Today's D Brief: Finland joins NATO this week; Macron, von der Leyen to China; Sea Air Space kicks off in DC; Afghans climb Yosemite; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• April 3, 2023

Today's D Brief: Finland to join NATO; Ukraine, allies train thousands of troops for Kyiv; Russia’s spring conscription begins; CJCS Milley, in conversation; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• March 31, 2023

Today's D Brief: Russia detains US journalist; Army’s new artillery rounds; 9 soldiers perish in KY helo crash; Space Force’s ‘virtual training ground’; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson
• March 30, 2023

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s new ‘drone army’; Austin, Milley on the Hill; Army’s ad campaign FRAGO; Navy, Marines reviewing stockpiles; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Sam Skove
• March 29, 2023