Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 13, 2015

Lockheed Martin's F-35 is a high-tech fighter jet with an even higher price tag. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

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Over the next 60 years, Lockheed Martin aims to sell as many as 5,100 F-35s to customers around the globe. And as we just learned from DoDBuzz, one single Pentagon contract could bring Lockheed 10% of the way toward scoring that goal.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 13, 2015

Russia is greatest threat to the U.S., says Joint Chiefs chairman nominee Gen. Joseph Dunford -- Washington post

Kerry doesn't see Russia as 'existential threat,' says State Dept. -- The Hill

Pentagon Moves Money to Counter Russia -- Defense One

Russia Working To Resume Tu-160 Nuclear Bomber Production: Report -- IBTimes

Russia developing ‘carrier killer’ submarines -- Washington Times

France and Russia Mistral Deal: $1.3 Billion Settlement Reached Over Aircraft Carriers -- IBTimes

Russian barracks collapse kills 23 soldiers near Omsk -- BBC

China's Type 055 destroyer: air cover for future carrier group -- Want China Times

Competition for China's future helicopter being held in Beijing -- Want China Times

Chinese Version of Russian Armored 'Bumerang' Reaches Testing Phase -- Sputnik

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacks military chiefs -- BBC

Israeli Hermes 450 UAV fish out by Lebanese Armed Forces in Tripoli -- Alert 5

Iran, 6 world powers agree to partially lift arms embargo – report -- RT

First Batch of US F-16 Jets Delivered to Iraq -- NDTV/AFP

Italy to send military trainers to Iraq -- Al Bawaba

40pc of British servicewomen sexually harassed in a year -- The Telegraph

Exclusive tour of RAF Reaper's 'drones' base -- BBC

Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to be repainted after rust fears -- Herald Scotland

British Navy has no sailors for new aircraft carriers -- Express

Thai Chinese Sub Buy Challenges US Pivot -- Defense News

US set to be India’s biggest arms supplier -- Times of India

U.S. Military Relax Defense Ties With Egypt After Years Of Restrictions On Arms Sales And Operations -- IBTimes

US Army Chief Insists on More Troops, Arms to Europe to ‘Cope With Russia’ -- Sputnik

Ex-Navy SEAL lawmaker: Syrian rebel effort a 'dismal failure' -- The Hill

Effort to overhaul nuclear missile system expected to begin this fall -- Air Force Times

Marines drop first bombs from F-35B in test runs -- Marine Times

Army to consider hollow point bullets for new pistol -- Army Times

Why the new Army pistol will use deadlier hollow-point ammunition -- Washington post

Fast, Agile Special Troops to Spearhead US Global Military Strategy -- Sputnik

Pentagon budget 2016 draws veto threats, Democratic opposition -- IHS Jane's 360

Lawmakers brace for fight over Pentagon funding -- Washington Examiner

Shared airspace regulations limit military-civilian crashes, experts say -- USA Today

Remaining women at Army Ranger School clear hurdle, make it to Mountain Phase -- Washington Post

Controversy Sparks at Firing of Marine Female Recruit Battalion CO -- Military.com

Inquiry: Psychologists group colluded with Pentagon, CIA on interrogations -- Washington Post

What the Pentagon Could Learn From Vietnam-Era Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird -- Carl Best, Daily Signal

Mixed Reaction to US National Military Strategy -- Defense News