Brian McManus, VICE News: How Many 'Boots on the Ground' Would It Take to Defeat ISIS?
Though President Barack Obama announced the US would send 50 special forces troops to Syria in October, and though America, along with several other NATO nations, has stepped up anti-ISIS operations in the region, many Americans still aren't satisfied. The Republican candidates have called out Obama as being weak when it comes to the Islamic State (without having much in the way of concrete policy alternatives), and a new poll released Monday found that a majority of Americans want to send ground troops to Iraq or Syria to fight the terrorist menace occupying so many minds. But what would that look like?
Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 9, 2015
Russian Aerospace Force deliver massive missile and bomb strikes on IS facilities in Syria -- TASS
Russian submarine hits targets in Syria -- Defense News
Russia to dispatch missile cruiser Varyag to Syria after Indra exercise -- TASS
Russian military helicopters stationed near Turkey -- DW
Putin Is Vetoing Which Countries Can Join NATO -- Judy Dempsey, Newsweek
Will hybrid warfare doctrine draw NATO and Russia further apart? -- Russia Beyond The Headlines
Iran intends to buy Russian T-90 tanks — Iranian Ground Force commander -- TASS
The Canadian Air Force Is Looking to Buy Weaponized Drones -- Vice News
Spanish Replenishment Ships To Support Canada in 2016 -- Defense News
Tour the Royal Navy's largest ever warship -- BBC
Czech Military Eyes New Helos, Transport Aircraft -- Defense News
China military paying 'close attention' to U.S. plane deployment -- Reuters
Naval Air: The Chinese Guam Attack Force -- Strategy Page
US Army Wants Permanent Missile Defense System on Guam -- Military.com
McCain Taking ‘Hard Look’ at Forward Deploying Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Western Pacific -- USNI News
U.S.-Japan funded Raytheon SM-3 missile aces second test: Pentagon -- Reuters
The Navy's $864 Million Underwater Drones Still Don't Work -- Bloomberg
The $40,000 ‘Bug’ Camera Drone Being Tested by the US Military -- Peta Pixel
The US Army's Night Vision Is Going Wireless -- Popular Mechanics
Pentagon aims to revamp global command and control system -- NextGov
US Navy's Top Officer Sees Technological Gap 'Starting to Open' -- Military.com
Tracking Terrorists: Congress Presses Pentagon To Speed Replacement of JSTARS Radar Planes -- Forbes
West Point tightens security after receiving possible threat -- Army Times
Pentagon Budget to Fall by $15 Billion for 2017 -- 24/7 WallSt
Pentagon rebuffs Trump's proposed ban on Muslims -- The Hill
Navy admiral reportedly fired for public drunkenness, nudity at conference -- FOX News
Congresswoman presses for information on drug abuse in military -- The Hill
Two Afghan Trainees Missing From Air Force Base in Georgia -- NBC
Ex- Navy SEAL Chris Ring swims entire Mississippi River for military families -- CBS
Panel Suggests Pentagon Quadrennial Defense Review Changes to Senate -- USNI News
An Easy Way the Pentagon Could Save $5 Billion a Year -- Kellie Lunney, Fiscal Times/Government Executive
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