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Today's D Brief: Ukraine liberates village, hits Russian warships; China investigates military chief; USAF seeks new drone bases; And a bit more.
Ukrainian forces liberated a village called Andriivka, located about 6 miles south of Bakhmut, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Friday in a terse message on Telegram. “It was difficult, and the situation changed very dynamically several times yesterday,” she added. Reuters described Andriivka as “devastated,” but said the Ukrainian advances open a door for further progress south of… → Read More
The D Brief: 'Dreadnought moment’; US-Bahrain defense pact; B-21 pics; More Philippines bases?; And a bit more...
Bahrain’s prime minister is expected to visit the Pentagon Thursday morning. The meeting comes one day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa signed a Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement, which spans “defense and security to emerging technology, trade, and investment,” according to the State Department. The new agreement… → Read More
The D Brief: New cyber strategy; China’s Maui disinfo; Promotion hold’s toll; And just a bit more...
U.S. Space Force needs more cyber specialists to monitor and protect the service’s uber-connected satellites and other systems, says Maj. Gen. Douglas Schiess, the commander for U.S. Space Command’s Combined Force Space Component Command. “We really need to worry about our weapons systems…because every weapons system talks to another weapons system that talks to another system. So we have to… → Read More
Today's D Brief: ATACMS to Ukraine?; USAF eyes ‘major changes’; Russia’s Black Sea attacks; Deadliest migration route; And a bit more.
The White House is considering sending Ukraine long-range missiles called ATACMS, Reuters reported Monday, which would mark a reversal of the Biden administration’s refusal to send the ground-launched munitions. The missiles have a range of about 190 miles, and could threaten Russian supply lines as Ukrainian ground forces continue the slow, complex work of advancing through dense minefields.… → Read More
Biden to reverse Trump decision to move Space Command to Alabama
The decision to keep the command at its current home in Colorado will surely enrage Alabama politicians. → Read More
Today's D Brief: Erdogan’s quid pro quo; Acting Marine commandant; Ukraine’s homemade missile; A German deployment first; And a bit more.
Developing: Erdogan creates an opening for NATO’s Nordic expansion. After more than a year of resisting, Turkey’s often recalcitrant President Recep Erdogan on Monday said there may be a way he would allow Sweden into the NATO alliance, which he has steadfastly opposed since Stockholm and Helsinki both applied mere weeks after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “First, come and open the… → Read More
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Today's D Brief: NATO-trained brigades enter combat; Army looks to fix prepositioned stocks; NDAA passes HASC; Random smartwatches; And just a bit more.
Ukraine’s NATO-trained brigades have finally entered the fight against Russian forces in occupied territory, the New York Times reported Friday, citing U.S. officials. That includes about 36,000 troops using U.S.-provided equipment like Bradley Fighting Vehicles as well as German tanks and more. “The bulk of the nine Ukrainian brigades has yet to be committed to the fight, but the vanguard of… → Read More
Today's D Brief: $6B accounting goof; India’s PM in DC; Interpol sees right-wing terror spike; Sub-rescue ships deployed; And a bit more.
$6 billion for Ukraine weapons found. The Pentagon says it again overestimated how much money it’s spending to send weapons to Ukraine—using, e.g., “replacement costs rather than net book value,” according to Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh. And as a result, the department now has $6.2 billion it can use for future weapons drawdowns bound for Ukraine. The newly-discovered funds include the… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Russian airstrikes target Ukraine; Xi, Blinken meet; Biden on AI; Navy’s stray-bullet barrier; And a bit more.
A large wave of Russian drone and missile strikes targeted Ukraine again on Tuesday, including three Iranian-made Shaheds that struck an unspecified “critical infrastructure facility” in the far-western city of Lviv, according to the region’s governor, writing Tuesday on Telegram. Fortunately, no one was injured in Lviv, and firefighters were called to extinguish the flames. The drones began… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Ukraine on US armor; Russian hijinks over Syria; N.Korea tests; Sub repair delay; And a bit more.
Ukraine’s military is praising the survivability of U.S.-made Bradley Fighting Vehicles after several have come under attack during Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake land occupied by Russian forces. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar shared three photos of the incident on Telegram Thursday, including the crew of the Bradley and the vehicle itself, which she says, “received a direct missile… → Read More
Today's D Brief: 10-year war?; Counteroffensive advances; Wartime deception; Speeding arms exports; And a bit more.
Developing: The war in Ukraine could last for 10 years, said Alex Bornyakov, the country’s deputy minister from the digital ministry, in an interview this week with Defense One’s Samuel Skove. Stay tuned later today for additional details from that conversation, which is part of this week’s Defense One Tech Summit event coverage. * If you haven’t yet registered for this year’s Tech Summit, you… → Read More
Today's D Brief: HASC budget mark; US troops injured in Syria; New Ukraine aid; Next CNO?; And a bit more.
A first look at this year’s defense policy bill is now available. House Armed Services Committee Chair Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Monday released (PDF) what’s effectively the first draft of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, a draft known more formally as the “chairman’s mark.” Rogers’s HASC subcommittees also released their marks of defense policy legislation—zeroing in on programs… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Counteroffensive latest; Army fentanyl deaths; Floating border wall; Dependents job help; And a bit more.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the White House today for talks with President Joe Biden. He also planned meetings with State Secretary Antony Blinken and members of the Senate NATO Observer Group, which includes seven Republican and seven Democratic lawmakers. By the way: NATO is conducting the largest air exercise in its history over the next two weeks during a series of… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Ukraine's counteroffensive begins; Trump indicted; Where the US fights; Murder rates are falling; And a bit more.
Ukraine-watchers seem to all agree that the long anticipated spring counteroffensive has finally and officially begun—less than two weeks before the start of summer. “Activity throughout Ukraine is consistent with a variety of indicators that Ukrainian counteroffensive operations are underway across the theater,” the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War announced Thursday followed by… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Smoke in the air; Guam still recovering from typhoon; China’s new Cuban toehold; CQ Brown talks deterrence; And a bit more.
A growing number of North Americans are experiencing the effects of climate change in a new way this week after smoke from more than 350 Canadian wildfires drifted south, triggering health advisories as far south as the Carolinas and as far west as Indiana. For Canadians, it’s their worst wildfire season in recorded history. Flights were halted in and out of New York and New Jersey on Wednesday.… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Dam-burst mystery; USAF moving bullied LGBTQ+ kids; UK PM in DC; S. Korea, burgeoning arms-maker; And a bit more.
It’s still unclear who is responsible for the dam collapse at the Russia-controlled Kakhovka reservoir in southern Ukraine on Tuesday. The British military, for one, is keeping an open mind, and is not yet pointing the finger at Russia’s military. Review what’s known so far via a new slate of satellite imagery from the commercial firm Maxar, which released a batch of about 18 before and after… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Ukrainian dam breaks; S. Korea scrambles jets; Iran’s hypersonic reveal; Overheating F-35s; And a bit more.
A large dam on the Dnipro River ruptured on Tuesday morning, draining water from a key reservoir and flooding towns downstream in both Ukraine- and Russia-controlled territory. Both sides are accusing the other of breaching the dam, which has been under Russian control for months. Evacuation and rescue efforts are underway for tens of thousands of people in affected areas, which include the port… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Taiwan Strait close call; Ukraine advancing?; Fighting resumes in Sudan; Sonic boom over DC; And a bit more.
A Chinese navy ship sailed dangerously close to a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait this weekend, in what U.S. military officials called an “unsafe maritime interaction.” The American guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon was exercising with a Canadian navy frigate, which had a Canadian news crew on board filming during the encounter on Saturday. Watch that video package from Ottawa’s… → Read More
Today's D Brief: Debt crisis, averted; Russia’s natural-gas militia; DOD’s Starlink deal; Killer-AI kerfuffle; And a bit more.
Financial crisis averted: Late Thursday evening, senators voted 63-36 to pass the two-year debt ceiling extension negotiated last week by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The bill passed the House on Wednesday, 314-117, then the Senate on Thursday, and it’s now headed to the White House for the president’s signature. If no deal had been reached, House Republicans… → Read More