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Has Turkey Gone Rogue?
When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Ankara on Thursday, he will find Turkey unrecognizable as the ostensibly Muslim democracy and close ally that U.S. officials once held up as a model for...
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Breaking Defense and I are proud to announce the beginning of our expansion to provide more in-depth coverage of more defense topics for you, dear Reader. On March 1, Paul McLeary will begin reporting...
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Top NATO General (A Czech) To Europe: ‘Grow Up’
WASHINGTON: After two decades of watching the American share of the NATO budget grow from 50 to 75 percent, the alliance’s leadership is determined to learn how to operate without the usual American...
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Rep. Rogers: Hill Must Fund Sea-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile, Lower Yield...
Rep. Mike Rogers chairs the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, which has been remarkably vigorous in its oversight the last two years. (Just ask Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein...
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Allies “Entering a New World” in Confronting Russia, U.K. Official Says
A British defense official talks about an age of competition among great powers, putting the Ministry of Defense on the same page as its Pentagon colleagues
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Exclusive — Rethinking Intel In The Age of Trump: DNI Coats & PDDNI Gordon
The great challenge for intelligence agencies in the age of Trump was dramatically highlighted this month when a senior South Korean delegation arrived at the White House carrying a secret bombshell...
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Raytheon Targets Army Multi-Domain Systems Like DeepStrike
As the new National Defense Strategy shifts the U.S. armed forces’ focus from combating violent extremists to confronting China and Russia, Raytheon is offering an array of multi-domain capabilities to...
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Crucial Polish Missile Defense Site Delayed Two Years: MDA
With the Pentagon and White House increasingly worries about ballistic missile threats from “rogue” states and peer competitors, the Polish site is increasingly critical.
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Outgunned Allies Must Contest Baltic, Black Seas: NATO Admiral
WASHINGTON: “When I was an ensign, a lieutenant, we knew we could beat the Russians. It was just a question of time because we were better than them,” NATO’s top admiral said. “I’m not sure we could...
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Israel Edges To NATO As Turkey Pivots To Russia
For a while, Turkey and Israel were the unexpected couple, the increasingly Muslim state buying the Jewish state’s weapons and Israel offering Turkey a potentially strategic gas and oil pipeline....
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Raytheon Targets Army Multi-Domain Systems Like DeepStrike
As the new National Defense Strategy shifts the U.S. armed forces’ focus from combating violent extremists to confronting China and Russia, Raytheon is offering an array of multi-domain capabilities to...
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NATO Joins 27 Countries, Expels Russian Diplomats In Clear Signal To Putin
As NATO takes unprecedented steps to punish Russia, US Defense Secretary Mattis calls Russian attack in UK “attempted murder.”
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Poland Signals Russia With Huge Missile Defense Deal
The $4.75 billion air defense deal gives NATO a significant new defense against growing Russian threats in the Baltic.
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Trump Says Troops Heading to Border
Will Trump rip a page from the Obama playbook in sending troops to the border with Mexico?
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Russian Robots Attack! West Point Comic’s (Plausible) Future War
“Is this possible? Probably,” one retired Army officer told me. “Are the Russians trying to figure out how to disable all the M1s so they can run over us with their robots? I hope that’s where they’re...
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Poland Struggles With HIMARS Buy
The $250 million package for the rocket launcher along with guided warheads and other tactical missiles was seen as a way for Poland and NATO to push back against the Russian military buildup in...
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French Quick Reaction Force Key To Syrian Missile Strikes
Whenever a high visibility military mission occurs – such as the April 13 combined strikes against Syrian chemical capabilities -, observers in democratic countries tend to focus on the glass half full...
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Rep. Gabbard Pushes For Heftier Hawaiian Missile Defenses
Pentagon planners aren’t only worried about North Korean ICBMs, but Chinese hypersonics and medium-rage missiles. That means, according to analysts, that an array of distributed systems are needed to...
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Mattis, Dunford Defend Strategy: Afghan Force Smaller But Better
WASHINGTON: Yes, Afghan forces are shrinking even as violence grows, but that smaller force is better trained, better advised, and better at taking the offensive against the Taliban, the Secretary of...
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The Navy’s Potential New Frigate Connects Crew, Lots of Space for Commandos
Five shipbuilders are fighting it out to build 20 of the U.S. Navy’s new frigates, and one competitor is sailing though a whirlwind East Coast tour.
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