Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2016

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FOX News: Video of military convoy new evidence Russia not pulling out of Syria

There is more evidence that Russian forces are not pulling out of Syria, but instead, more troops are arriving there, a new video from Russian television Saturday apparently shows.

The video shows a convoy of Russian troops headed to Palmyra to begin mine clearance operations after ISIS was routed from there earlier this week.

Col. Steve Warren, a US-led coalition spokesman in Iraq, could not confirm that Russian "sappers" or engineers had arrived in Syria when asked at a Pentagon press conference Friday.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2016

Russia Is Maintaining Most of Its Military Aircraft and Equipment in Syria, US Officials Say -- ABC news

WATCH First Ever Footage of Russia's Ka-52 Helicopters in Action in Syria -- Sputnik

U.S. Says Russia Increased Number Of Deployed Warheads, Despite Treaty -- RFE

Top Commodity: Russia Has Its Hands Full With S-400 Orders -- Sputnik

Fire rips through Russian defense ministry building in Moscow -- Reuters

Belarusian Parliament Approves New Military Doctrine -- Sputnik

Warplanes: Algeria Customizes Its New Gunships -- Strategy Page

Kicking Down the Door: Ohio-Class Subs vs. China's A2/AD -- National Interest

China Defends Deployment of Anti-Ship Missiles to South China Sea Island -- USNI News

Japan sub makes first call to Philippines in 15 years amid China tensions -- Reuters

US, Philippines Hold War Games as China Flexes Muscles -- AFP

U.S., Philippines begin military exercises as maritime tension simmers -- Reuters

U.S. F-15s deployed to Iceland -- CNN

Coalition service members from Bagram recover F-16 wreckage -- Dvids

Stratotankers Enable 'Global Reach' that Lets Air Force Hit IS -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes

F-35C carrier variant JSF drops first AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) -- Aviationist

Air Force: Boeing Tanker Issue Could Delay Production Decision -- Defense News

KC-46A boom testing reveals anomaly -- IHS Jane's 360

NAVAIR Awards Bell-Boeing $151 Million To Begin Navy-Variant V-22 Design -- USNI News

Defense News TV: Inside the Destroyer Zumwalt (Video) -- Defense News

Navy Awards Funding for next LCS -- Military.com

Army wants mini-drones for its squads by 2018 -- Army Times

Army Selects New Compact Sniper Rifle -- Military.com

U.S. Special Operations units are using faulty rifle sights -- Washington Post

6 top picks in elite sniper tech -- FOX News

U.S. Commandos Trained to Stop Terrorists With `Dirty Bombs' -- Bloomberg

Foreign Military Sales Reform Unlikely This Year -- Defense News

What's so scary about a nuclear drone? -- Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science

Air Force's XF-85 Goblin -- David Axe, War Is Boring

Electronic Weapons: Making Radar Signals Dance -- Strategy Page

Nukes, ICBMs, and unreasonable fears of false alarms -- Peter Huessy, Special to Defense News

Get Ready, China: America to Base Stealth Bombers in Asia? -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest