Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 7, 2015

An officer from the coalition forces gives advice to Kurdish Peshmerga forces during a training session on how to fight street battles and defend the front lines on the outskirts of Dohuk province, Iraq, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Washington Times: U.S. should embed military advisers to fight Islamic State, think tank says

The U.S. should embed military advisers at the battalion level in Iraq and begin directly arming the nation’s Kurdish militias and Sunni tribal fighters, according a policy brief issued Thursday by an influential Washington think tank that asserts the Obama administration’s current efforts to counter the Islamic State are “not adequate to the task.”

“In the 11 months since President Barack Obama committed the United States to ‘degrade and ultimately destroy’ the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), the group has expanded its international reach, metastasized to form offshoots across multiple regions, and increased its perceived momentum,” the brief states.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 7, 2015

Helicopter Crash Deals Blow to Afghan Air Force -- DoD Buzz

Abandoned Mistral Deal Still Divides Russian Officials, Analysts -- Matthew Bodner, Moscow Times

T-50 PAK FA 5th Generation Jet Fighter’s Main Secret Revealed -- Sputnik

PLAN holds 'largest-ever' firepower display in SCS drills -- IHS Jane's 360

Pentagon Outranged by Chinese Anti-Ship Missiles, Scrambles to Save Face -- Sputnik

Murphy's Law: Chinese UAVs Are Everywhere -- Strategy Page

South Korea Finds Way to Shoot Down Drones With Sound -- Sputnik

New Army Chief Named As Turkey Fights PKK, IS -- Defense News

Spain To Buy 4 US Surveillance Drones -- Defense News/AFP

Report: U.S. military has mapped North Korea's underground facilities -- UPI

Russian Hackers Suspected In E-mail Attack On U.S. Military Chiefs -- Radio Free Europe

Army sending 450 troops to Kuwait in fight against ISIS -- The Hill

Navy: Raytheon Tomahawk Likely to Compete in Next Generation Anti-Ship Missile Contest -- USNI

US Nuclear Weapons Upgrade Costs Soar by Nearly $18Bln -- Sputnik

Ready or not, here comes the F-35 fighter -- Herald

USS The Sullivans Only Requires $100K in Repairs Following July Missile Failure -- USNI

US Army Holds Massive Drill To Show Off Its Lethality -- Defense One

White House criticized for not filling watchdog post at CIA -- Yahoo News

This Group May Stop the NSA From Tapping the Internet’s Backbone -- Justin Ling, VICE News

Three way ship swap to make military life easier -- CBS

Navy bans cell phones aboard military vessels -- Bristol Press

This was the US Navy's cutting-edge stealth ship -- Business Insider

Pentagon's elite forces lack diversity -- USA Today

US Navy Triples Maternity Leave to 18 Weeks for Sailors and Marines -- Military.com

The Existential Angst of America's Top Generals -- Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy

How Can I Find My Ancestor’s Military Records? -- The Root