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A US Marine F-35B Joint Strike Fighter Jet sits in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Reuters / Michael Spooneybarger

Afghanistan, Chengdu, China, Germany, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Should US military be betting the farm on stealth?

by Stephen Bryen October 19, 2017

India has finalized the acquisition of Russia’s S-400 air defense missile system earlier in October. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry

China, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, India, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Russia’s S-400 missile system: A new Middle East invasion

by Stephen Bryen October 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Even so-called secure cellphones may have been hacked. Photo: iStock

European Union, Germany, Israel, Middle East, Russia, World

Public officials risk national security by using cellphones

by Stephen Bryen October 8, 2017February 18, 2020

A missile is launched during a drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Time to retrieve missiles, nail Pyongyang’s acquisition networks

by Stephen Bryen September 21, 2017

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China, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Ducking under desks to avoid The Bomb won’t save anyone

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2017September 16, 2017

Former Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu flashes the V-sign after winning his freedom on 21 April 2004. Vanunu said he was "proud and happy" to have blown the whistle on Israel's nuclear program as he was released at the end of an 18-year prison sentence. The one-time technician at the Dimona nuclear plant in southern Israel was abducted by secret service agents in Italy, then smuggled back to Israel and jailed back in 1986 after leaking details of the plant to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. Photo: AFP / Yoav Lemmer

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Israeli lesson: Japan, S. Korea will get nukes of their own

by Stephen Bryen September 12, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on August 25, 2017. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

North Korea’s nuclear missile threat and the United States

by Stephen Bryen August 31, 2017

Japan's Self-Defense Forces with the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile defense unit at a US Air Force on the outskirts of Tokyo in 2017. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

China, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Implications of the Hokkaido missile miss

by Stephen Bryen August 30, 2017

An Arrow-3 interceptor missile is launched before successfully flying an exo-atmospheric trajectory through space, according to the test plan. Photo: Wikipedia Commons

China, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Does Japan need an Israeli Arrow 3 interceptor missile?

by Stephen Bryen August 5, 2017February 18, 2020

Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips have many uses, and can even be implanted in human beings. Photo: iStock

World

Employees ‘volunteer’ to have microchips injected in hands

by Stephen Bryen July 26, 2017February 18, 2020

The NotPetya malware attack leveraged a tool built by the US National Security Agency. Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing

European Union, Germany, Middle East, Russia, World

Cyberattack in Ukraine may not have been Russian

by Stephen Bryen July 19, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 in this undated image. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

How to create regime change in North Korea

by Stephen Bryen July 7, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the launch of a long-range strategic ballistic rocket. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

The best way to get regime change in North Korea

by Stephen Bryen May 20, 2017May 22, 2017

Military relations between South Korea and the United States being re-examined. Photo: iStock

China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

South Korea’s election means the US must change its policy

by Stephen Bryen May 10, 2017

Men ride a motorbike past a hazard sign at a site hit by an airstrike in the town of Khan Sheikhoun. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Abdullah

European Union, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syria’s air force didn’t act alone. That has implications

by Stephen Bryen April 11, 2017April 11, 2017

A Syrian man from Idlib is carried by Turkish medics wearing chemical protective suits to a hospital in the border town of Reyhanli in Hatay province. Photo: Ferhat Dervisoglu / Dogan News Agency via Reuters

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Why did Assad use nerve gas?

by Stephen Bryen April 7, 2017

Amazon's Echo Dot bluetooth speakers are always listening. Photo: Amazon

Afghanistan, China, South Asia, World

What do you do if all your devices are wiretapped?

by Stephen Bryen March 8, 2017February 18, 2020

People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo: Lim Se-young / News1 via Reuters

AT Finance, China, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

Why Kim Jong Nam was murdered by poisoned needles

by Stephen Bryen February 15, 2017February 15, 2017

A man types on a computer keyboard in this illustration picture February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/Files

China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Taiwan, World

Trump team challenge: Hardening critical infrastructure

by Stephen Bryen January 20, 2017January 20, 2017

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