Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 13, 2014

Obama’s Top Military Adviser Warns Of Possible ISIS Attacks In Baghdad -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Fighters for the Islamic State were managing to blend in with disenfranchised Sunni populations in some Iraqi towns and villages near the capital, raising the chances of militant attacks against targets in Baghdad, President Obama’s top military adviser said on Sunday.

“I have no doubt there will be days when they use indirect fire into Baghdad,” the adviser, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, said in an interview with “This Week” on ABC.

Indirect fire refers to the use of mortar, rockets or artillery. General Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said American military officers still think that an outright assault on Baghdad remains unlikely, but that strikes from a distance by militants infiltrating areas near the capital could greatly heighten the sense of insecurity in Iraq’s most important city.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 13, 2014

Future ground role for US military advisors in Iraq likely: Dempsey -- AFP

U.S. ground troops will likely be needed in fight against ISIS: military -- New York Daily News

ISIS Nearly Made It To Baghdad Airport, Top U.S. Military Leader Says -- FOX News

Turkey Offers Military Bases to U.S.-Led Coalition -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Turkey denies allowing bases for strikes on ISIS -- The Hill

Russia to introduce Army Reserve force – report -- RT

Russia's Irkut to Deliver 60 Combat Jets to Russian Military in 2015: Company -- RIA Novosti

Russian Defense Ministry to Order 'Several Hundred' Drones Until 2020: Russian UAV Manufacturer -- RIA Novosti

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces get 5 intercontinental ballistic missiles -- ITAR-TASS

Ukraine to get its fourth defense minister so far this year -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times

Germany Can't Manage Its Weapons -- Peter Dorrie, Real Clear Defense/War Is Boring

Forced military training for Chinese students encounters resistance -- L.A. Times

China’s Military: What's New? And What's Next? -- June Teufel Dreyer, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Chinese Espionage Now Rampant in Taiwan -- Defense News

Italy's army is going to start growing marijuana for medical consumers -- The Week

IDF Chief: 'We Won' Gaza War - but Experts Question Claim -- Defense News

US-Japan Accord Vague, Lopsided, Analysts Claim -- Defense News

U.S. Army Shifts Strategy to Face New Threats -- Wall Street Journal

A New U.S. Army Drawdown: This Time Is Far Worse -- Gordon Sullivan, Defense One

New US Army Concept Highlights Innovation, Multi-Agency Strategy -- Defense News

Experts Question US Navy's Decision To Swap Out DDG 1000's Secondary Gun -- Defense News

Defense department report questions amount spent on F-22 spare parts -- Dayton Daily News

Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Could Land in California Tuesday -- Space.com

How the Pentagon Strangles Its Most Advanced Stealth Warplanes -- Bill Sweetman, Daily Beast

Boeing Company May Never Build Another Fighter Jet Again -- Rich Smith, Motley Fool

Report: Climate Change Poses Military Challenges -- ABC News

Probe of silencers leads to web of Pentagon secrets -- Craig Whitlock, Stars and Stripes/The Washington Post

Army won’t release Bergdahl review -- The Hill

Whistleblower Snowden Says US Authorities Decline Open Trial -- RIA Novosti

Military branches say they will continue to open jobs for female troops -- Stars and Stripes/The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.

Three Dozen Women Have Applied to be Army Ranger School Advisers -- Military.com

How a jump turned fatal at Fort Bragg -- Amanda Dolasinski, Stars and Stripes/The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. (MCT)

Army Should Build Ship-Killer Missiles: Rep. Randy Forbes -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

5 things you missed in Panetta’s memoir -- The Hill

Why America's Navy Is So Concerned About These Russian Missiles -- Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo

The F-35 Was Built to Fight ISIS -- Jonathan Miller, Cicero Magazine

Why the F-35 is a sitting duck for the Flankers -- Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Russia and India Report

Let's Get the Old Blackwater Team Back Together -- Justine Drennan, Foreign Policy