Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 2, 2015

Buk M1 air defense system. © ITAR-TASS/Vladimior Zinin

ITAR-TASS: Russian arms producer ready to stage experiment to prove Buk-M1 missile hit flight MH17

Russian arms manufacturer's CEO said images of the area taken at the moment of the disaster from US satellites "would certainly provided a clear answer to the question who is to blame"

MOSCOW, June 2. /TASS/. Russia’s weapons manufacturer Almaz-Antei is prepared to stage an experiment at its own expense proving that the Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 was downed by a missile launched with a Buk-M1 system, the concern’s CEO Yan Novikov said on Tuesday.

"If necessary, we will be prepared to stage a full-scale real-life experiment attended by independent observers and experts," he said. "In other words, we will blow up a 9M38M1 missile placed next to the fuselage of the same manufacturer’s written-off plane at the angles mentioned at this presentation."

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 2, 2015

Missile maker says Russia did not shoot down Malaysian plane over Ukraine -- Reuters

Petraeus Disagrees with Carter, Says Iraqis Have ‘Will To Fight’ -- DoD Buzz

Israeli DM Cites Drop in Syrian Chem Threat -- Defense News

US Vows to Provide 2000 Anti-Tank Missiles to Iraq -- Sputnik

Russia Plans Arms Delivery to Iraq Worth 'Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' -- Sputnik

Russian arms maker ready to supply S-300 missiles to Iran -- ITAR-TASS

Russia developing $5 bln aircraft carrier with no world analogs — fleet commander -- ITAR-TASS

Mistral affair to be settled during this summer — Russian Presidential aide -- ITAR-TASS

Russia's Mistral Deal Was Sunk From the Start -- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

Here's another sign that Russia's military policies are getting more provocative -- Jeremy Bender, Business Insider

Slovakia Confirms Interest in Russian S-300 Missile Defense Systems -- Sputnik

Finnish Air Force to Conduct Aerial Bombing for First Time Since WWII -- Sputnik

NATO in E. Europe: 6,000 in Lithuania war games, Polish HQ doubles troops -- RT

Why China’s Air Force Needs Russia's SU-35 -- Jesse Sloman and Lauren Dickey, The Diplomat

South China Sea: Australia will ignore Chinese air defence zone, says Kevin Andrews -- Brisbane Times

Navy Alert to Chinese Nuclear Submarine Threat in Indian Ocean -- NDTV

China's Military Dream -- Greg Austin, The Diplomat

US approves possible $1.7 bln sale of E-2D early warning planes to Japan -- Reuters

New US-Vietnam Agreement Shows Growth, Challenges -- Defense News

S. Korea, U.S. start joint anti-submarine naval drill -- Yonhap News

Pentagon vows closer cyber ties with Japan -- The Hill

Lockheed F-35s get first role in major military exercise -- Reuters

AF Chief Scientist: Air Force Working on New Hypersonic Air Vehicle -- Military.com

Taranis UCAV Set for New Flight Tests -- Defense News

Guided-Bomb Makers Anticipate GPS Jammers -- Defense News

Congress: US military highly vulnerable to cyber attacks -- FOX News/Washington Free Beacon

Petraeus hedges on Bergdahl swap -- The Hill

Pentagon's anthrax scandal spreads to Canada -- USA Today

How anthrax became an unexpected challenge for the Pentagon -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post

Women fail to enter next phase of Ranger School -- UPI

Reforms ordered after US airports fail security testing -- BBC

'Hull Envy': The Looming Crisis of the US Coast Guard -- Justin Rohrlich, Vice

The War in Africa the U.S. Military Won't Admit It's Fighting -- Bryan Maygers, Huffington Post