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‘0% Malfunction Rate,’ Until Now: How Military’s Plan to Fire Munitions over I-5 Went Awry
It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air....
By Carlton Haelig
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Senior German General Says Europe Must Do All It Can to Help UkraineAs President Trump prepares to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the coming weeks to discuss a possible cease-fire, a senior German general warned that if Russia i...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. Outfits IRI and NDI Back in Dhaka; Hold Meetings with American Diplomats
Slightly over a year after they figured among organisations that played a key role in the U.S. regime change operation that saw the fall of the Sheikh Hasina regime, the Inter...
By Lisa Curtis
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why John Bolton Case Is More Serious than Those Against Other Trump CriticsPresident Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to see his critics investigated, pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New...
By Carrie Cordero
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“A Really Powerful Tool”
The Entity List has become one of America’s favorite weapons in its economic arsenal. The Trump administration just increased it by more than 20,000 companies, provoking ire f...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Déjà Drones
Eighty years after the U.S. military first used drones in the Pacific, the idea is back on the table for any future operations in the South China Sea....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What’s in a Game-Changing Weapon?
Today it’s Tomahawk missiles under debate. But first it was HIMARS rocket launchers, then Patriot systems, then F-16 fighter planes....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump and Zelensky to Meet as Kyiv Presses for Tomahawks
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, with discussions over whether Washington will supply long-ran...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Plan for a Second Putin Meeting Undercuts Ukraine Push
President Donald Trump has his sights once again on ending the war in Ukraine, announcing another meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin after a first summit in Alaska fai...
By Celeste Wallander
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Trump to Hold Putin Summit in Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not to Invade Ukraine
President Donald Trump is touting another meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about his country’s invasion of Ukraine, this time in Budapest, Hungary — the city where...
By Jim Townsend
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How Tomahawks Could Help Ukraine Hurt Russia
President Trump has signaled the United States may send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike military targ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating UpUkraine has turned to drones and asymmetrical warfare to counter Russia’s superior firepower, but nowhere has this strategy been more effective than in the Black Sea....
By Samuel Bendett
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US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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National Security Human Capital Program
Troops Get Paid as Shutdown Becomes a ‘Kitchen-Table Crisis’More than a dozen advocacy groups for military members and veterans joined forces to urge Congress to pay troops on time and pass legislation that protects veterans, service m...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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Technology & National Security
Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, dramatically increasing exports over the summer of key components need...
By Samuel Bendett
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Donald Trump to Meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
US President Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart to Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, i...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead.
Beijing shattered a fragile trade truce with Washington this week, announcing sweeping restrictions on exports that contain even trace amounts of Chinese rare earth....
By Liza Tobin
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China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries
The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Does China Want to Target Taiwan and U.S. Bases?
China is turning its eastern seaboard into a launchpad for missiles aimed at Taiwan and the U.S. forces in Asia....
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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National Security Human Capital Program
US to Build Facility for Qatari F-15s in Idaho; Details Remain UnclearThe Pentagon will build a facility for the Qatari air force at an Idaho air base, the U.S. defense secretary announced on Friday....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski