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China: Leaked database reveals Chinese firm’s global data collection
THE WATCH STAFF
A leaked database shows a small company has collected personal data on 2.4 million people worldwide to feed intelligence to the Chinese…
SWEDEN: Deployment bolsters efforts in Baltic Sea region to defend…
Sweden stepped up its defense activities in the Baltic Sea region in August 2020 due to what a high-ranking official called “a deteriorating security situation”…
QATAR: U.S. Space Force deploys to Arabian Peninsula
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The newly formed U.S. Space Force is deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula. Space Force has a squadron of 20…
Badger, Bear and Bison Intercepts
A history of NORAD’s Russian aircraft intercepts
DR. BRIAN D. LASLIE
U.S. and Canadian fighter aircraft intercepting Soviet — and later Russian — bombers…
Arctic Success
Special Forces deploy to Alaska to simulate oil field defense
Story and photos by 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE) PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
Editor’s…
Dynamic Defense
NORAD Deputy Director of Operations: Analytics, all-domain awareness are pillars of homeland strategy
The Watch spoke with Brig. Gen. Pete M. Fesler,…
COVID-19: U.S. Military Meets the Challenge
THE WATCH Staff
As the COVID-19 pandemic infected hundreds of thousands worldwide in late 2019 and early 2020, the U.S. military aggressively responded by…
Coronavirus Outbreaks
THE WATCH Staff
COVID-19 is from the coronavirus family, which includes viruses that can cause the common cold and serious illnesses such as the severe acute…
The storied history of Cheyenne Mountain
Brian D. Laslie, Ph.D. Photos by NORAD
The idea of a hardened command center is older than the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) itself. It…