Sputnik: Taliban Military Operations Unaffected by Leadership Change
Taliban military operations will not be notably impacted by the group's recent change in leadership given its command structure will remain intact, former US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) official Seth Jones told Sputnik.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – On Wednesday, the Taliban confirmed it had appointed Haibatullah Akhundzada as its new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over the weekend.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 26, 2016
U.S. Says Its Strikes Are Hitting More Significant ISIS Targets -- NYT
China to send nuclear-armed submarines into Pacific amid tensions with US -- The Guardian
Thailand, China Step Up Military Cooperation -- VOA
Modernization of Russia’s sole aircraft carrier to be launched in 2017 — source -- TASS
India May Downsize Army To Pay For Weapons -- Defense News
Israeli rights group accuses military of whitewashing soldiers' abuses -- Reuters
Sweden accepts NATO troops amid anti-Russia hysteria -- RT
German Military Ambitions Hampered by Airbus Delay -- Bloomberg
US-Vietnam Joint Military Exercises Possible, Army General Says -- DoD Buzz
Pentagon Considers Temporary Use of European-Built Rockets -- WSJ
Final F-35 Testing Slips To 2018 -- Defense News
Pentagon Delays F-35 Tests as Software Glitch Shuts Down Jets Mid-Flight -- Sputnik
Political Turbulence Hits F-35 Joint Strike Fighter -- National Defense
Driven by B-21, Annual Bomber Spending Spikes to $11B -- Defense News
Spymaster: Pentagon Needs Encryption to Defend Secrets -- US News and World Report
US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations -- CNBC
Pentagon unveils stealth motorcycle prototypes for special ops -- Washington Times
Pentagon chief fears going back to sequestration -- The Hill
Pentagon Playing the Long Game in the South China Sea, Carter Says -- Defense One
America’s New Special Operations Commander Wants to Predict the Future -- Defense One
Drones, Communications, Surveillance Technology on Special Operations Command's Wish List -- National Defense
Special Operations Command to Buy New Uniforms, Wearable Gear -- National Defense
Poll: Military voters prefer Trump over Clinton -- The Hill
Inside Donald Trump's Complex Relationship with the Military -- Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com
VA Restored Benefits to 4,200 Veterans Wrongly Declared Dead -- AP
The NSA will neither confirm nor deny these are items in its gift shop -- Tech Insider
The Pentagon's battle of the bands -- Ellen Mitchell, Politico
Force of the Future: Making service appealing to millennials -- Kristina Wong, The Hill
The Pentagon ‘Slush Fund’ That Could Threaten National Security -- Martin Matishak, Fiscal Times
This Is the Greatest Challenge Facing the Pentagon (Not China or Russia) -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
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