Mark Thompson

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Thompson has covered national security in Washington since 1979, and for Time since 1994. Follow him on Twitter at @MarkThompson_DC

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Battleland Battleland

Zut Alors! Stop That Plane!

Many Air Force jets have tailhooks, just like the Navy’s. But they’re used only when something is wrong aboard the plane – no brakes, for example – that keeps it from landing safely.

The service was looking for a second …

Battleland Battleland

Too Little, Too Late?

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, goes the old (military) adage.

The Obama Administration, responding to the purported use of chemical weapons by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, has opted to respond with an ounce …

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