Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 10, 2014

As Mosul Falls To ISIS Militants, Doubts Over US-Trained Iraqi Security Forces -- Christian Science Monitor

Militants from ISIS, an al Qaeda offshoot, now control much of Iraq's largest city in the north, underscoring the group's growing strength and the failure of Iraqi troops to repel insurgents.

Insurgents overran much of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Tuesday, seizing the provincial government headquarters, the airport, police stations, and prisons as members of the Iraqi army shed their uniforms and fled.

The capture of Mosul, described by news outlets as either Iraq's second- or third-largest city, underlines the growing strength of sectarian and extremist insurgencies in Iraq, and casts doubt on the capabilities of the US-trained Iraqi security forces.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Russia, NATO Holding Military Maneuvers In Kaliningrad, Baltics -- Radio Free Europe

Russia launches Baltic drills alongside NATO Saber Strike war games -- RT

Twenty Russian SU-27 Fighter Jets to Be Based at Crimea’s Belbek Airbase -- RIA Novosti

Russian Paratroopers Test Multi-Purpose Armored Vehicles -- RIA Novosti

T-50 Fighter Jet Fire Near Moscow Not to Affect Test Run -- RIA Novosti

Warplanes: Israeli Gunships Replaced By UAVs -- Strategy Page

Leadership: The Revolt Of the Generals In Israel -- Strategy Page

Japan Prepares for Defense Exports as China Looms -- Defense News

Second Chinese military unit linked to hacking -- CNN

Chinese military group linked to hacks of US and European satellite companies -- The Guardian

Inside England’s NSA -- Kris Hollington, Newsweek

Single-engine F-35 jet risky choice for Canada’s air force, report warns -- Our Windsor

Eurofighter Studying Missiles To Give Typhoon Maritime Attack Capability -- Defense News

Five U.S. troops killed in Afghan friendly-fire incident -- Reuters

The untimely search for a new Afghanistan War commander -- Washington Post

Congress Told of Possible Gap in Air Force's Nuclear Strike Capability -- Global Security Newswire

The U.S. Navy’s Secret Counter-Stealth Weapon Could Be Hiding in Plain Sight -- Dave Majumdar, USNI News

House Appropriators Easily Kill Measure to Save A-10 Fleet -- Defense News

Lockheed sees next U.S. F-35 fighter contract early this summer -- Reuters

F-35 Stealthier Than F-22? -- Bill Sweetman, Ares/Aviation Week

Lockheed eyes foreign, non-defense work as Pentagon budget drops -- Reuters

Local Police Departments Are Snapping Up Used U.S. Military Weapons -- Gawker

U.S. to open third military base to illegal child immigrants -- Reuters

Review shows 100,000 veterans face long waits for healthcare -- Reuters

Huge backlog: 70 percent of VA facilities used alternative wait lists -- Washington Times

CIA Cites 15 Officers For Harassment -- AP

7 years later, Blackwater guards go on trial -- AP

White House-Congress rift over Bergdahl deal deepens -- Reuters

Poll: Price too high for Bergdahl swap -- The Hill

U.S. in Talks with Snowden on Possible Plea Deal -- Washington Free Beacon

How Much Did Snowden Take? Not Even the NSA Really Knows -- Joe Kloc, Newsweek

Why Are We So Afraid of Small Carriers? -- Robert Farley, Real Clear Defense

One idea to motivate the Air Force's nuclear ranks: add a star -- Jon Harper, Stars and Stripes

Navy opposes USS Oklahoma exhumations to identify remains -- Stars and Stripes

Why we leave no man behind -- George Galdorisi, CNN