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After Eight Years of Mali Campaign, France Seeks Exit Strategy (The Defense Post)

Eight years after France sent troops to Mali to prevent jihadists from overrunning the country, it faces tough choices over how to keep pursuing...

(USA) Mass of Drones Storms Manhattan in Trial to Counter Future Threats (The Defense Post)

Forty-nine drones zoomed past Manhattan skyscrapers performing complex maneuvers on an October weekend last year as part of a joint New York Police Department...

Pixelated Camouflage to Make British Tanks 80 Percent Harder to Detect (The Defense Post)

A recent trial has shown that a new multi-colored, pixelated coating on British tanks has reduced their detection rate by 80 percent, according to The Telegraph. The...

At Least 6 Killed in Northern Burkina Faso Attack (The Defense Post)

At least six people including two militiamen who back up anti-jihadist security forces in Burkina Faso were killed in an attack in the north...

France Says Kills Dozens of Mali Jihadists, Villagers Say Wedding Party Hit (The Defense Post)

France said Tuesday it had killed dozens of jihadists in a weekend air strike in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group...

(USA) ‘Once You Engage in Political Violence, It Becomes Easier to Do It Again’ (Naomi Schalit, Ore Koren, Defense One)

Before the November 2020 election, Ore Koren  — assistant professor of political science at Indiana University — wrote a story for The Conversation about the likelihood of election-related violence in...

(USA) IGs Ask: How Well Do Feds Share Cyber-Threat Info? (Mariam Baksh, Defense One)

Just as reports of hackers accessing government systems were emerging, the Commerce Department’s inspector general office announced it would immediately begin assessing agencies’ information-sharing...

(USA) Aging ICBMs Must Be Replaced, Not Refurbished, STRATCOM Chief Says (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Amid reports that the Biden administration may scale back a planned 30-year, $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization plan, the leader of U.S. Strategic Command wants everyone to know: America’s...

(USA) Former defense secretaries Mattis, Esper decry attack on the Capitol and Trump’s rhetoric (Leo Shane III and Howard Altman, Defense News)

Former Defense Secretaries Jim Mattis and Mark Esper both condemned both Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol building by rioters and President Donald Trump for his role...
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