Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 12, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 12, 2014 (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)

U.S., China To Announce Deals To Reduce Military Tensions: Report -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.

The Journal said one of the agreements to be unveiled on Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would provide a mechanism for notifying the two countries of each other's activities, including military exercises.

Washington and Beijing will also set rules of behavior in cases of encounters in the sea and air, the newspaper said, quoting people familiar with the negotiations.

The White House had no immediate comment.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 12, 2014

China, US agree early-warning protocol on major military moves -- ITAR-TASS

Pax Pacificana? US, China agree to avoid military conflict -- RT

U.S., China agree to reduce possibility of military accidents -- Reuters

China Shows Off New Stealth Fighter to U.S. Military -- Bloomberg

China Plans To Export J-31 Stealth Fighter -- Defense News

U.S. tweaks China: Pentagon sends plane targeted in cyberattack to air show -- Washington Times

Women J-10 fighter pilots make debut -- CCTV

Chinese submarines to get a new, long range cruise missile -- Defense Update

Space to be the next frontier for China's air force -- South China Morning Post

China Developing Holographic UAV Control Center -- Defense News

Iraqi army crippled by flaws -- Al Monitor

Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico -- AP

France Silent on Mistral Deal as Deadline About to Expire: Source -- Sputnik

UK's armed forces face new spending crunch -- The Guardian

Ukraine’s Army Is Struggling to Care for Wounded Troops -- War Is Boring

Brazil to unweave the NSA’s web by laying domestically controlled fiber optic cables -- Digital Trends

Why Turkey’s military wants to ban ‘Game of Thrones’ -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post

The U.S. Air Force Prepared to Attack Syria Much Earlier Than We Thought -- War Is Boring

Marine pullout offers preview of what US leaves behind for Afghan troops -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post

Air Force discussing A-10 compromise with Congress -- Navy Times

US Army Buys More Self-Propelled Howitzers -- DoD Buzz

White House Details New $5.6B War Request, Billions for O&M -- Defense News

Pentagon No. 2 urges end to budget cut 'madness' -- Chicago Tribune

At the Pentagon, most Army PCs will be replaced with virtual desktops -- Federal News Radio

Bags of cash for families of the innocent: How the CIA is 'paying off relatives of those killed in botched drone strikes' -- Daily Mail

Inside the CIA's Syrian Rebels Vetting Machine -- Jeff Stein, Newsweek

How a female US Army colonel tamed the males-only Egyptian Army -- Quartz

The Top 100 Military Friendly Employers -- Forbes

23 Celebrities Who Served In The Military -- Business Insider

Futurology: Internet of Things and the NSA -- Tom Risen, US News and World Report

Without high-tech gadgetry, Washington might have to do real spying, and thinking -- Stephen Walt, National Post