Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 23, 2015

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 23, 2015

Pentagon Estimates 6,000 Jihadists Have Been Killed -- Arutz Sheva

Hagel Says Thousands of ISIS Fighters Killed By Airstrikes -- DoD Buzz

Hagel dismisses usefulness of body counts in Islamic State fight -- Stars and Stripes

US, Iraqi Troops Prepare to Recapture Mosul City From IS Militants -- Sputnik

House chairman says US should consider limited ground forces in Syria -- Stars and Stripes

Iraq Asks For More Weapons To Fight IS Group -- Defense News/AFP

Here Are Russia's Grandiose Plans For Upgrading Their Navy -- Dmitry Gorenburg, Business Insider/Russian Military Reform

Russia's Foreign Legion Of Doubt -- Radio Free Europe

Trail Of IS 'Russian Spies' Seen In Kazakhstan And North Caucasus -- Radio Free Europe

China Is Getting Ready to Surge Troops Into Africa -- Peter Dorrie, War Is Boring

France's Military Is All Over Africa -- Jeremy Bender, Business Insider

Germany Still Loves Its Tanks: Berlin upgrades Leopard 2s -- War Is Boring

UN Reports Big Increase in People Fleeing Conflict -- VOA

Uzbekistan Getting Hundreds Of U.S. Military Vehicles -- Radio Free Europe

US Army Europe to Start Training Ukrainian National Guard in Spring -- Sputnik

Congress to Obama: Update Russian defense policy -- Washington Times

Pentagon Drops Air Sea Battle Name, Concept Lives On -- USNI News

Navy to Integrate F-35 With Beyond-the-Horizon Technology -- Defense Tech

Growing Teeth: Upgunning The Surface Navy-- Breaking Defense

Navy Builds New Ship-to-Shore Connectors -- Defense Tech

Pentagon says air force's 'expanding drone fleet' is unjustified and wasteful -- The Guardian

Pentagon Scolds Air Force for Wasting Nearly $9 Billion on Drones -- Gizmodo

Pentagon still cold to big defense mergers: Northrop CEO -- Reuters

Obama’s Cyber Proposals Sound Good, But Erode Information Security -- Dan Froomkin, Intercept

Firm Blends AR-15 and AK-47 Rifles to Create New Mk47 'Mutant' -- Military.com

Gun Makers Push the Limits on Tactical Shotgun Design -- Military.com

2 star's 'treason' comments spark call for an investigation -- Air Force Times

As he exits, Hagel warns of limits to military power -- Jon Harper, Stars and Stripes

Why Republicans Are Pushing Pentagon Cuts -- Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

The poignant process of etching new names into the Vietnam Wall -- Carlos Bongioanni, Stars and Stripes