Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 4, 2014

Ukraine’s Poroshenko Gets Show of Support from NATO Leaders -- Voice of America

Ukraine's president received a show of support from Western leaders at a NATO summit on Thursday as a Kremlin peace offer failed to halt fighting the country’s east where pro-Russia rebels have been gaining the upper hand against Ukrainian troops.

The West has backed Kyiv with words and imposed economic sanctions against Moscow, but offered Ukraine only non-lethal military support after Russia annexed Crimea in March, and rebels, widely believed to be supported by Moscow, have risen up against Kyiv in the country’s east.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 4, 2014

NATO leaders meet in face of uncertain future -- Stars and Stripes

NATO Group Wants Summit Spotlight on Tripoli, Other Crises -- Defense News

Alliance's Ability To Swiftly Tackle Crises a Top Focus of Wales Summit -- Defense News

Some Countries to Discuss Military Aid To Ukraine During Ukraine-NATO Consultations -- RIA Novosti

Australia to Give Military Assistance to Ukraine -- VOA

USS Destroyer Ross Enters Black Sea: US Navy -- RIA Novosti

The US Military Is Going Forward With A Huge Training Exercise In Ukraine -- Business Insider

Pentagon Excludes Possibility of War With Russia Over Ukraine -- RIA Novosti

‘NATO plan against Russia to cost several hundred million euro a year’ -- RT

Nato summit: US and UK to debate military options for tackling Isis -- The Guardian

NATO Leaders to Vow to Lift Military Spending -- WSJ

Industry and Trade Minister: Russia Believes Mistral Delivery Contract to Be Fulfilled -- RIA Novosti

Russian Senator: Mistral Contract Breach May Cost France Billions in Fines -- RIA Novosti

Defense Committee: Russia’s Defense Capability to Remain Unaffected by Mistral Ship Delay -- RIA Novosti

Helicopter-Type UAVs May Appear in Russian Navy in One Year -- RIA Novosti

PLA reveals how captain 'stopped submarine from falling into 3,000-metre trench' -- South China Morning Post

Information Warfare: Iron Dome And The Truth -- Strategy Page

Calls intensify for international military response to Ebola -- Washington Post

Special Operations: India Wants A SOCOM -- Strategy Page

U.K. Buys 600 Armored Vehicles for British Army at $3.5 Billion -- Bloomberg

US, South Korea to Establish Joint Military Unit – Reports -- RIA Novosti

Flight Maneuver Hints at Cause of F-35 Fire -- Defense Tech

Fix for F-35 fighter engine near done, Pratt to pay -- Reuters

F-35 head: Delays coming if test planes grounded through September -- Navy Times

Is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the New F-4? -- Michael Peck, RCD/War Is Boring

The low-cost fighters to serve tomorrow’s air forces -- BBC

Army to put high-quality radar into smaller drones -- Defense Systems

Army’s eyes in the sky built to spot people from 5 kilometers away -- Washington Post

Medical students invent foam tool to treat battlefield wounds -- Stars and Stripes/Baltimore Sun

Short on cash, the Army National Guard is cutting back on drilling nationwide -- Washington Post

Army can't track spending on $4.3b system to track spending, IG finds -- Washington Examiner

Kendall Questions Number of Army Modernization Programs -- DoD Buzz

Chuck Hagel to discuss how the U.S military buys weapons -- Omaha.com

Pentagon R&D Chief To Push Cost Sharing With Allies -- Defense News

Pentagon Rethinks Investments in Future Technology -- Sandra I. Erwin, National Defense

White House pushes for lower pay raise in 2015 -- Military Times

The U.S. needs to get serious about defense spending -- Charles Lane, Washington Post

From Russia With Love: JPMorgan Hack May Be Warning, Says Former NSA Chief -- Bloomberg