Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 10, 2014

Obama Signals 'New Phase' Against Islamic State In Iraq -- BBC

President Barack Obama has said the deployment of 1,500 more US troops to Iraq marks a "new phase" against Islamic State militants.

He told CBS TV that the new troops, although non-combat advisers, could help Iraq go on the attack against IS.

A US-led coalition has been helping Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces with hundreds of air strikes since August.

Iraqi forces have now reportedly seized large parts of Baiji - home to Iraq's biggest oil refinery - from IS.

Officials said troops now controlled some 50% of the town, about 200km (130 miles) north of the capital Baghdad.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 10, 2014

Obama doesn't rule out more troops in Iraq -- The Hill

Rand Paul: War against Islamic State ‘is now illegal’ -- Washington Times

Effort to arm Sunni tribes in Iraq against Islamic State faces hurdles -- Washington Post

Report: Russia-West military encounters rising -- AP

Upscale cafe functions as war room in Kharkiv, Ukraine -- Washington Post

Russia Likely to Continue RD-180 Rocket Engine Deliveries to US: Physicist -- Sputnik

Russian Engine to Power Chinese J-31 Fighter Jets: Rosoboronexport -- Sputnik

Relax, China's Aircraft Carrier Is Fine -- The Diplomat

India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-II missile off Odisha coast -- IBN Live

Turkish-German Submarine Deal Faces Setbacks -- Defense News

France to Canada: Buy Weapons From Us, Not From Americans -- Defense News

Canadian purchase of French-built Mistral-class warships on the table? -- David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen

India Chooses Israel Over US for Latest Defense Purchase -- The Diplomat

Israel Fortifies Iron Dome for Future War -- Defense News

Iran Successfully Tests Copy of US Drone Downed in 2011: Commander -- Sputnik

Former DM: Iran's Missile Industry Not Negotiable -- FARS News Agency

Argentina Buying Gripens? Brits Say 'No Way' -- Defense News

Britain Struggles With Costs for New Frigates -- Defense News

No sex with Russian or Chinese girls, UK MoD warns deployed staff -- RT

US Intel Chief Gains Release of 2 Imprisoned Americans in N. Korea -- VOA

With exercises in Asia, U.S. Army searches for relevance -- Washington Post

Aging nuclear arsenal grows ever more costly -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times

US Combat Ship Decision Coming in 'Very Near Future' -- Defense News

Self-monitoring, no Ebola quarantine for Ramstein aircrews -- Stars and Stripes

Republican Victory And John McCain Is Good News For The A-10 Thunderbolt, Bad News For The F-35 -- Christopher Harress, IBTimes

VA chief: 1,000 employees could face disciplinary action -- The Hill

Pentagon sex assault survey raises doubts of accuracy -- Washington Times

Robert O’Neill Is Not The Hero Of The Bin Laden Raid -- Brian Adam Jones, Task & Purpose

Why Navy SEALs Are Supposed to Keep Their Mouths Shut -- Mark Thompson, Time

US Grand Stategy: More Restraint -- Amitai Etzioni, The Diplomat

Five myths about military suicides -- Yochi Dreazen, Washington Post

Underwater Drones Search for WWII Planes in Pacific -- Defense Tech

Beans and Baby Dicks, Ham and MoFos: A brief history of the C-ration -- Paul Richard Huard, War is Boring

A 3-Star General Explains 'Why We Lost' In Iraq, Afghanistan -- NPR