Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 28, 2015

Paramilitary policemen and members of a gun salute team fire cannons during a training session for a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War Two, at a military base in Beijing, China, August 1, 2015. China will hold the parade on September 3, 2015. REUTERS/STRINGER

Reuters: China to parade high-tech weaponry in signal of strength, and shop window

From ballistic missiles to fighter jets, China has rolled out a host of high-tech weaponry ahead of a parade next week commemorating victory over Japan in World War Two, in a signal of Beijing's growing confidence in its military might.

China has poured capital into developing its home-grown weapons industry with an eye toward export markets as it projects greater military power in disputed waters in the South and East China Seas.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 28, 2015

China Military Parade: Restrictions On Industry, Infrastructure Are Cost Of Symbolically Important Event For Government -- IBTimes

China Launches Large-Scale Military Drills in Disputed Regions -- Sputnik

Asia spooked by China military exercises in East China Sea. -- Value Walk

Australian Defence Minister Kevin Andrews warns rise of China a ‘military risk’ -- The Australian

Philippines Seeks US ‘Assistance’ in South China Sea -- Defense News/AFP

China, U.S. vow closer military cooperation -- Xinhuanet

Parade of Russian and Chinese Navies marks end of "Joint Sea 2015 II" drills -- ITAR-TASS

Russia Shows Off Military Might as Budget Gets Squeezed -- WSJ

Russia Courts Mideast With Military Hardware -- VOA

US agrees to sell AH-1Z attack helicopters to Pakistan -- Express Tribune

Countdown begins for launch of Indian military satellite -- Space Flight

North Korea's Kim Jong Un fires top military leaders -- AP

US, South Korea Hold Joint Military Drill -- VOA

Firepower up close: Witnessing a South Korean military drill -- CNN

Procurement: Ukraine Refurbishes To Survive -- Strategy Page

4 US stealth F-22 Raptors are on their way Germany -- Business Insider/The Aviationist

US Next-Gen B-3 Bombers Could Remain in Chinese Airspace For an Hour -- Sputnik

Air Force Blames Mistaken Bomber Costs on ‘Human Error’ -- DoD Buzz

US Submarines: Yet Another Construction Failure -- Strategy Page

Lockheed Pitches UQ-2 or RQ-X for Future Spy Missions -- Defense Tech

A DC appeals court has lifted an injunction against the NSA phone call records program -- Washington Post

An investigation in Baltimore has 'opened the floodgates' on the use of secretive FBI cellphone tracking devices -- Business Insider

NASA: SpaceX not receiving special treatment in crash probe -- Defense News

Pentagon teams up with Apple, Boeing to develop wearable tech -- Reuters

How Far Will the Pentagon Go to Get Innovative Technology? -- Sandra I. Erwin, National Defense

Air Force close to decisions on standards for elite combat jobs, female integration -- Washington Post

2 in 5 military women endure sexual trauma during service -- FOX News/Reuters

New Pentagon plan could let trans troops take leave for hormone therapy -- Fusion

Australian 'Great Escape' survivor dies, aged 101 -- BBC

4 important lessons the US military learned from Hurricane Katrina -- Crispin Burke, Business Insider/Task & Purpose