Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 3, 2015

Reuters / Ricky Best

RT: Somalia is home to two secret US drone bases – report

Up to 120 US military personnel are operating out of two secret drone bases in Somalia, carrying out attacks on Al-Shabab militants and working with African Union peacekeepers, a new report has revealed.

Somali officials have confirmed a secretive US presence in the southern port city of Kismayo, according to Foreign Policy correspondent Ty McCormick. Another base, at the airfield of Baledogle near Mogadishu, is being used for both drone strikes and for contractors training Somali security forces.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 3, 2015

US Running Drone Bases In Somalia -- Defense World

US Operates Top Secret Drone Bases Inside Somalia -- Sputnik

Pentagon defends plan to train Syrian rebels -- The Hill

Dempsey’s Final Instruction to the Pentagon: Prepare for a Long War -- Defense One

Pentagon Releases National Military Strategy -- Defense News

Russia calls new U.S. military strategy confrontational -- Reuters

China angered by new U.S. military strategy report -- Reuters

‘Cold War mentality’: Beijing slams new US military strategy over South China Sea -- RT

Dragon Rising: Is China Capable of Challenging US Global Dominance? -- Sputnik

What's Motivating China's Military Push in Africa? -- Huffington post

Rights Groups Criticize China's Controversial National Security Law -- VOA

Romania May Restore Conscription -- Defense News

Russian military to receive over 2,000 units of heavy arms -- Newsweek

Russia's Deadliest Sub Will Have a New Home by October -- The Diplomat

Asia's Lethal Naval Arms Race -- National Interest

Confronting China’s 'New' Military Challenge in the South China Sea -- Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat

60 Days of Drones, Day 2: Global Hawk -- William M. Arkin, Phase Zero

New U.S. Export Rule for Defense-Funded Technology Raises Alarms -- National Defense

Aegis Ashore: Navy Needs Relief From Land -- Breaking Defense

Navy Launches New Affordability Plan for Ford-Class Carriers -- Military.com

New Mini-Drones Could Revolutionize Ground Warfare -- David Nye, We Are The Mighty

Report: After Spying Operation in Germany, CIA Outed Suspected Leaker to Retaliate Against Journalists -- The Intercept

NSA spied on German press, says report -- The Hill

CIA lagging in recruiting, promoting minorities, study finds -- CNN

CIA Establishes New Diversity Procedures -- Government Executive

US Air Bases in UK Cancel 4th of July Celebration Over Security Concerns -- Sputnik

Pentagon on alert for July 4th amid threats -- The Hill

Lawmaker wants Army breastfeeding policy -- The Hill

Navy triples paid maternity leave to 18 weeks; first military service to do it -- FOX News/AP

Military Recruits Still Not Using American-Made Sneakers -- AP

Bark and Awe: Meet the Working Dogs of the US Military -- ABC News