Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 11, 2015

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The Guardian: Chinese hack of US national security details revealed days after Russian hack

Government sources tell NBC News that Chinese attack targeted personal emails of ‘all top national security’ officials just days after Pentagon hack

The ongoing saga of successful foreign hack attacks on government databases continued Monday with news of another break-in allegedly perpetrated by China.

Just days after the reported spear-phishing attack on the Pentagon’s joint staff email system, which exposed some 4,000 civilian and military employees and is believed to have been sponsored by Russia, anonymous government sources told NBC News that a separate set of Chinese hack attacks targeted the personal emails of “all top national security and trade officials”.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 11, 2015

Russia Wants a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier: Report -- Defense Tech

Russia Reportedly Developing a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier -- Epoch Times

Amid Russia Military Expansion, Moscow To Spend $1.6 Billion On Fighter Jets -- IBTimes

Russian Defense Ministry to Sign Major Contract for Purchase of Su-35 Jets -- Sputnik

Return to the Depths: This Soviet Sub Makes a Massive Comeback -- ITAR-TASS

Russia Sends Two Warships to Iran -- National Interest

Risk of large-scale armed conflict in Transdniestria is not very high -- ITAR-TASS

Saudi FM certain contract on Russian Iskander missile supplies will be signed soon -- ITAR-TASS

Xi Jinping’s New Generals -- The Diplomat

Chinese Military Stage Live-Fire Exercises -- ABC News/AP

China's Military Trains for Taiwan Invasion With Mock-Ups -- The Diplomat

China 'builds mock Eiffel Tower and presidential palace' at military base -- Sydney Morning Herald

Iran nearing deal for China's J-10 fighters: report -- Want China Times

South Korea Ramps Up Border Security After Landmine Attack -- Defense News/AFP

Poland To Convert Su-22 Fitter Airfield To Drone-only Base -- Defense World

Denmark's status in Nato threatened: top official -- The Local

U.S. Military: Afghanistan base attack used IED to breach fence -- CNN

Odierno: Army 'dangerously close' to being cut too deep -- Army Times

US Nuclear Arsenal 'Aging and Nearing the End of Its Useful Service Life' -- Sputnik

Air Force Narrows JSTARS Field with Design Contracts -- DoD Buzz

Pentagon network back online after cyberattack -- Washington Times

Why the F-35 Is Particularly Ill-Suited to Succeed in the Asia-Pacific -- Ankit Panda, The Diplomat

FBI: Middle Eastern Males Menacing Military Families In Colorado And Wyoming -- Daily Caller

Senators want to ease gun restrictions for military spouses -- The Hill

Former DoS Official: Military Lack of Cultural Diversity Spells Catastrophe -- Sputnik

Will the Army open its elite Ranger Regiment to women? A controversial decision awaits. -- Washington Post

How military R&D created the food we eat -- Popular Science

Measuring fleet strength size: Size matters, but so does readiness to use it -- Matthew Hippleausgust, War On The Rocks

Value of Stealth Bombers Is Overstated -- Lt. Col. Paul Darling, Defense News

Political scientists and the military -- Paula Thornhill and rachel Whitlarkaugust, War On The Rocks

Commentary: Settle the A-10 Retirement Standoff -- John Michael Loh, Defense News