Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 4, 2015

PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 31, 2011) Sailors and Marines render honors as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) passes the USS Arizona Memorial while entering Pearl Harbor for a port visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin B. Gray/Released) — US Navy

Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat: Closest Encounter Since 2006: Chinese Submarine Tailed US Aircraft Carrier

A Chinese sub stalked the USS Ronald Reagan in the Sea of Japan last month.

Over at The Washington Free Beacon Bill Gertz has the scoop that a Chinese submarine shadowed a U.S. nuclear super-carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, in what Pentagon officials called the closest encounter between a People’s Liberation Army Navy boat and an American aircraft carrier since 2006.

According to Gertz, the incident occurred on October 24 as the USS Ronald Reagan was on its way from Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, sailing around the southern end of Japan to the Sea of Japan. The USS Ronald Reagan is currently the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific.

Other vessels present during the incident were the guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and the guided-missile destroyers USS Mustin, USS Fitzgerald, and USS Curtis Wilbur.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 4, 2015

US To Keep Operating In South China Sea -- AFP

Chinese warships make historic visit to Mayport for liberty and cooperation, U.S. Navy says -- Jacksonville.com

China’s hospital ship makes 1st U.S. mainland visit -- San Diego Union Tribune

China accounts for 30% of the world’s secretive military spending -- Quartz

Intelligence head: CIA did not pull officers out of Beijing after hack -- The Hill

Confirmed: Taiwan To Purchase US Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopters -- The Diplomat

Russia to develop new ballistic missile launch system by 2017 -- TASS

Russian military plans mobile nuclear energy plants in Arctic by 2020 -- RT

Iran gifts ScanEagle copy to Russia -- C4ISR

Ukraine's President Signs Law Allowing Foreigners In Armed Forces -- Radio Free Europe

Will India Purchase 154 Fighter Jets From Russia? -- The Diplomat

NATO General Calls to Resume Military Operation in Afghanistan -- Sputnik

NATO's biggest war games in 12 years test its abilities, and sends signal it's ready to act -- AP

Gen. Philip Breedlove On How NATO Should Deal With Russia -- NPR

Carter, Malaysian counterpart to visit USS Theodore Roosevelt -- Stars and Stripes

Obama Says Special Ops in Syria Are Just More of the Same -- AP

Army Commandos Will be First to Get Bad-Weather Vision Sensors for Choppers -- Bloomberg

US Aircraft Carriers Obsolete, Vulnerable to New Missiles -- Sputnik

U.S. Navy official eyes more Boeing F/A-18 fighter jet orders -- Reuters

Pentagon suspends troubled missile defense system at center of 'runaway blimp' -- L.A. Times

Lockheed Gets $5.37B for 55 F-35 Fighters -- Defense News

Budget Deal Trims Bomber, Destroyer, Missile and Drone Programs -- DoD Buzz

Budget Deal Leaves Pentagon $14 Billion Gap for FY 2017, Work Says -- Defense News

Lockheed-Sikorsky Deal Clears Final Hurdle -- Defense News

This F-16 fighter jet in Afghanistan might be the Pentagon’s most decorated -- Washington Post

$150K bonuses available to Special Forces senior NCOs -- Army Times

First official integrated Ranger School underway, Army won't talk about the women -- Army Times

Male-on-male rape in the military is 15 times more prevalent than the Pentagon are reporting, according to a new study -- Daily Mail

War Games, Budget Games -- Ryan Alexander, US News and World Report

How Do We Make Our Carriers Deadlier With What We Already Have? -- Jack Curits, War on The Rocks