Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 22, 2015

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter meets with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, right, at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 22, 2015.

VOA: US Defense Chief Meets With Saudi King on Iran Nuclear Deal

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman Wednesday, as part of a regional tour aimed at convincing skeptical allies about the benefits of the Iran nuclear deal.

Saudi officials have neither publicly condemned nor endorsed the Iran nuclear agreement announced July 14.

Carter met with King Salman as well as the Saudi minister of defense. Later, he was to head back to Jordan for a meeting with the Jordanian military leadership.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 22, 2015

Saudi Arabia’s Navy Unprepared for Asymmetric Threats -- WPR

Russia's Rising Military: Should the U.S. Send More Nuclear Weapons to Europe? -- Steven Pifer, National Interest

Russia’s Next-Generation Strategic Bomber Delayed -- The Diplomat

Who Wants to Buy Russia's New Tank? -- Samuel Bendett, The Compass

Russia Plans 'Adequate Response' To US Navy's Missile Shield Expansion, Official Says -- IBTimes

Russia to export $13 bln worth of armaments in 2015 — Rostec -- ITAR-TASS

No mention of Russian S-300 missile supplies to Iran in UN SC resolution — official -- ITAR - TASS

Analysts See Cambodia Bolstering Military Ties With China -- VOA

China's military gives 'liberation shoes' the boot in war on smelly feet -- The Guardian

U.S. could send tanks to Hungary for military exercises: report -- Reuters

Britain's Rowyl Navy offers £24,000 to keep its nuclear engineers -- Financial Times

British fighter numbers to reach all time low -- The Telegraph

Pentagon confirms drone crashed in Iraq -- The Hill

Joint Chiefs chairman: More U.S. troops not needed in Iraq -- Defense News

US Navy shifting its most modern aircraft to the Pacific -- Flight Global

Boeing Faces Eight-Month Delay on $3 Billion Tanker Contracts -- Bloomberg

SpaceX to Scrutinize Supply Chain After Rocket Failure -- Defense Tech

Lockheed eyes opportunities for MHTK -- Janes 360

Cost of US Air Force Decoy Systems Reduced -- Military.com/UPI

Army's Drone Killing Chain Gun -- Joseph Trevithick, War Is Boring

US Army Struggling to Fund Projects to Combat Electronic Warfare -- Washington Free Beacon

Army’s Rapid Response Units Demand Better Mobile Communications -- National Defense

Navy Building Massive Virtual Air and Sea Combat Training Center -- USNI News

Pentagon: Admiral's remarks were not illegal lobbying -- Navy Times

Defense bill could lift restrictions on guns on military bases -- The Hill

24 photos revealing the striking changes to Army uniforms over the years -- We Are The Mighty

Gen. Milley To SASC: World Getting Worse, Army Getting Smaller -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

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