Washington Times: Lloyd Austin, CENTCOM commander: ‘We are making progress’ in Islamic State fight
The top military officer in the Middle East told lawmakers Tuesday morning that U.S. forces are making progress in the effort to defeat the Islamic State, but asked them to undo sequestration cuts to give troops more flexibility to respond to crises in battle.
Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Central Command, said that the Islamic State is on the defensive in both Iraq and Syria because of U.S. airstrikes that began in August.
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 4, 2015
CENTCOM chief: Islamic State can be defeated without US ground troops -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. airstrikes have killed 8,500 Islamic State fighters -- CENTCOM -- Washington Examiner
U.S. general: Iranian-backed assault on Tikrit was no surprise -- Washington Post
Expanding Anti-IS War Into Syria Risks Regional Stability - US CENTCOM -- Sputnik
U.S. departure from Yemen weakens relations and terrorist fight, general says -- Washington Times
HMS Queen Elizabeth Will Begin Her Sea Trials in 2016 -- Second Line of Defense
Can the UK afford to defend itself? -- Prof Malcolm Chalmers, BBC
Dutch parliament approves first F-35 production order -- Flight Global
Sweden Signs Defense Deal With Denmark, Amid Increased Fear Of Russia -- IBTimes
2 more NATO warships to arrive in Black Sea – Russian Navy source -- RT
NATO’s group in Black Sea to grow to four ships — Russian Naval Staff -- ITAR-TASS
Su-25: Old warrior is future of Russian attack aviation -- RBTH
Russia to Expand International Patrol Flights -- Newsweek
Unannounced Test of Strategic Nuclear Weapons Readiness Starts in Russia -- Sputnik
Russian Military Unveils Revolutionary Electronic Warfare System -- Spuntik
Are the Mistrals Back on Course For Russia? -- Andreas Kuersten, Fair Observer
Secret & unarmed: Top 4 Russian special purpose submarines -- RBTH
Putin's 'Red October': Russia's Deadliest New Submarine -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat
This chart shows the competition between India and China's submarine fleet -- Business Insider
China needs more carriers to secure Indian Ocean routes: PLA hawk -- Want China Times
China, War, and Logistics in the Indian Ocean -- Christopher Yung, War On The Rocks
China’s defense spending to grow 10% in 2015 -- ITAR-TASS
US: Afghan Army Suffers Heavy Combat Losses -- Defense News/AFP
Pentagon Declassifies Information on Afghan Security Forces -- The Diplomat
US Soldiers Readying for Ukraine Deployment -- Defense News
Navy Again Reduces Scope of Destroyer Modernization, 5 Ships Won’t Receive Any Ballistic Missile Defense Upgrades -- USNI News
Pentagon starts inquiry into Iraq war-plan briefing -- Washington Times
U.S. military's Mosul briefing inaccurate, misguided, Carter says -- Reuters
Ex-CIA chief Petraeus admits sharing military secrets with mistress -- AP
Stories of grief, love, penance in mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
How the U.S. Military Helped Create Spock -- Matthew Gault, ECD
3 comments:
You Better Believe Hillary Clinton’s Emails Matter
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/04/you-better-believe-hillary-clinton-s-emails-matter.html
WNU Editor,
Annother lead for your Syria diary,
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/03/rebranding-alqaeda-into-moderate-rebels.html#comments
Thank you Jay for the link. I am finishing up on a project so focusing on WNU is kinda hard right now. But my Syrian post will be up late tonight. There is a lot of stuff happening in Syria and Iraq at the moment.
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