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Afghanistan Watchdog: Government Control Lowest Ever
The U. S.

Russo-Ukraine War
Resolute Support Obscures Status of 7 Ghazni Districts As 3 More Fall to Taliban
As the fight between the Afghan government and the Taliban for control of Ghazni City continues, three additional districts have been overrun by the...

Terrorism
U.S. Has Launched Over 500 Strikes Against Islamic States Since May
On May 1, the United States launched Operation Roundup to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State in the Middle Euphrates River Valley and the...

Terrorism
Tempo Remains High in Somalia and Yemen As Transparency Improves
For more than a decade, the United States has been engaged in air campaigns against jihadists in what the Obama administration referred to as areas...

Iran
Putin Needs Iran in Syria
Russia’s latest offensive proves the futility of depending on Putin to rein in Iran Following their meeting in Helsinki, Donald Trump hailed Vladimir...

Air Warfare
CENTCOM Reveals Scope of Yemen Air Campaign
In a major move toward transparency, US Central Command (CENTCOM) provided details to FDD’s Long War Journal on U. S.

Military Strategy
Taliban Control of Afghan Districts Remains Unchanged Despite Increased U.S. Military Pressure
The latest report by the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) indicates that the Taliban’s control of districts as of...

Land (Conventional Warfare)
Afghan Mission Releases District-Level Assessments
For the first time, the military has released district-level assessments of control in Afghanistan. FDD’s Long War Journal has consistently advocated...

Middle East
Retail Therapy: Isolated Qatar Hopes Spending Will Spur New Alliances
Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani is set to visit the White House on April 10 where he will meet with President Trump. The emir’s visit comes as...

Terrorism
American Forces Kill Senior Al Qaeda Leader in Libya
The U. S.

The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Umbrella
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
The Islamic Republic Can Lose the War and Still Win
By Nima Gholam Ali Pour • RealClearDefense
Talent Ecosystems: Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce
By Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense
The Underground Cloud
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
Trump's Disrupt First, Negotiate Second: Greenland in Focus
By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense

U.S. Navy to Begin Testing for USS Lyndon B Johnson (DDG 1002)
By Naval-Technology
Marine Corps Moves To Expand Maven Smart System Account Access
By DefScoop
Navy F/A-18 Spotted With New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles
By TWZ
Pentagon’s 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Will Control Drone Swarms
By Warrior M.
Air Force Needs 1,509 Combat-Ready Jets by 2035
By Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense
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