Threat Status On the Ground
Threat Status "On The Ground" video series
On The Ground: Inside NATO’s eastern flank as Russia’s shadow war intensifies
Along NATO’s eastern flank, from Finland to Poland, allied nations are bracing for what officials call Russia’s “next phase” — a hybrid war of drones, cyberattacks, and sabotage that rarely makes headlines but never stops. Washington Times reporter John T. Seward traveled the border to see it firsthand.
Russia aggressively recruiting spies at NATO’s edge; Estonian intel cites new twists in shadow war
Guards manning the famous border crossing between this small city on NATO’s eastern flank and Russia are vigilant about what counterintelligence officials here describe as an increasingly aggressive campaign by Moscow to recruit spies.
‘Alaska will kill you’: Everything breaks at 40 below
The Pentagon is pouring billions of dollars into new technologies that can survive, and excel, in that extreme cold, with an eye toward potential Arctic combat. The goal is to close an Arctic capabilities gap with adversaries Russia and China.
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Arctic Notebook
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Washington Times Defense and National Security Correspondent John T. Seward is on assignment in frigid northern Alaska, covering the U.S. Army’s “premier Arctic training exercise.” As tensions rise in the frozen north, Mr. Seward’s reporter’s notebook dispatches go inside his experience observing the American military’s preparation for combat in the sub-zero temperatures.
