Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 18, 2016

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Edward Lin, a native of Taiwan, speaks about his path to American citizenship at a naturalization ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 3, 2008. SARAH MURPHY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS

Washington Times: Officials fear accused Navy spy Edward Lin told China about U.S. reconnaissance aircraft

A Navy officer has spent eight months in the brig as a captive of U.S. counterintelligence agents, but to hear officials tell the spy tale, they know few details about what he provided to China’s communist regime or Taiwan's government.

To be sure, Lt. Cmdr. Edward Chieh-Liang Lin knows a lot about the Navy’s spying on China. He was a naval flight officer for long-distance patrol aircraft that suck up communications as well as track and take reconnaissance photographs and video of Beijing’s aggressive military operations in the South China Sea and elsewhere.

“Someone like Cmdr. Lin would have detailed knowledge of not only the technical capabilities of the aircraft, but how the aircraft is employed to accomplish its mission and what the U.S. knows about the signatures of submarines and ships used by other countries,” said Dakota Wood, a former Marine Corps officer and war planner who is now at The Heritage Foundation.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 18, 2016

Accused Navy Spy Edward Lin Had Friends in Sensitive Places -- Newsweek

Has a double agent compromised £3bn UK spy plane before it even enters service? -- RT

Pentagon Chief US Eyes Ways to Step up Islamic State Fight -- AP

Carter arrives in Iraq for talks on how to beef up IS fight -- AP

U.S. defense chief offers Iraq more help, possibly troops: officials -- Reuters

Marines Deploy EA-6B Prowler Aircraft to Turkey amid Anti-Air Threats -- Military.com

Formidable Force? UK Commits Only Four Airstrikes In Syria In Five Weeks -- Sputnik

New batch of Russian strike fighters delivered to Iraq — ministry -- TASS

Israeli soldier who shot supine assailant charged with manslaughter -- Reuters

France’s Hollande pledges military, financial support to Lebanon -- France 24

Moscow Prioritizes Russian Army Over Foreign Customers in Supply of S-400 -- Sputnik

Russian Aerospace Forces to Receive 30 Yak-130 Aircraft By End of 2018 -- Sputnik

Russia looks to develop advanced rotary-wing UAV test bed -- Flight Global

India To Pay $8.8 Billion for Rafale Fighter Jets: Reports -- Defense News

Which NATO members are falling short on military spending? -- Ivana Kottasova, CNN

Italy, France Clash Over Naval Deal With Qatar -- Defense News

India, U.S. to conclude pact on aircraft carrier cooperation -- The Hindu

Planned US Missile Defense Units in Asia-Pacific Threaten China, Russia -- Sputnik

China launches upgraded drills for South China Sea fleets -- Reuters

Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island -- Reuters

China Dispatches Military Plane to Disputed Man-Made Island -- AP

It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft that landed on Fiery Cross Reef -- Alert 5

US to sail submarine drones in South China Sea -- Financial Times

The Philippines at Forefront of New Pentagon Maritime Security Initiative -- USNI News

U.S. to give Philippines eye in sky to track South China Sea activity -- Reuters

U.S. troops join race to help Japan quake victims -- AP

F-35 Will Fly Despite Auditor’s Fleet-Grounding Warning -- Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Budget cuts leaving US Marine Corps aircraft grounded -- FOX News

Electric Boat To Hire Thousands As Military Strategy Shifts Back To Subs -- Hartford Courant

Air Force supports using spare missiles for commercial launches -- Reuters

DoD Embraces Commercial Space Boom, But Warns of Its Limits -- Defense News

Air Force, Intel Community Developing New Vision for How to Fight Adversaries in Space -- Stew Magnuson, National Defense

This huge combat tractor is the ultimate multitasker -- FOX News

Pentagon misled lawmakers on military sexual assault cases -- AP

Military reform effort claims latest casualty -- Politico

After 13 years, CIA honors Green Beret killed on secret Afghanistan mission -- Washington Post