Author: Michael

Defense leaders are weighing their options to deploy various types of military drones on the U.S.-Mexico border for information-collecting and surveillance operations in support of the Trump administration’s move to rapidly expand troop presence there, a senior military official told reporters Wednesday. 
“A lot of the ground units now have tactical [unmanned aerial systems, or UAS] that they might bring in,” the official said during an off-camera briefing at the Pentagon.

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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** China Early diplomatic exchanges between the Trump administration and Beijing appear to have delayed potential hardline U.S. presidential action regarding China, but underlying dynamics remain strained. A pre-inaugural phone call between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping covered TikTok, fentanyl, trade, and Taiwan.

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Army recruits intent on joining the armor field — which spans Abrams tankers, cavalry scouts and Bradley crewmembers — have traditionally enlisted with a specific role in mind. 
But under a new set of Army recruiting guidelines, recruits going into the Army’s ‘heavy metal’ jobs will be assigned their position during their first few weeks of basic training.

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