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Today's D Brief: U.S. strikes militants in Syria; Space-threat data, shared; VCJCS’ deterrence idea; Hacking military vehicles; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
February 26, 2021 10:44 AM ET
The D Brief
The U.S. military hit Iran-backed militants in Syria with retaliatory airstrikes near the Iraq-Syria border at about 2 a.m. local time. The Pentagon called the strikes a direct response to the recent rocket attack that killed a contractor and wounded six others in northern Iraq on Feb. 15. Defense One’s Katie Bo Williams reported on the attack at the time on location. Find her photos here; and her reporting here.
Seven 500-pound bombs were released from two U.S. aircraft, which carried out the mission with no support from allied nations, according to the New York Times and NBC News.
On the receiving end: “Multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian-backed militant groups, including Kait’ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kait’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS),†the Defense Department said in its statement Thursday evening.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/02/the-d-brief-february-26-2021/172324/
