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Military.com: US Refuses to Establish Syrian No-Fly Zone Despite Airspace Warnings
It's not a no-fly zone, but Syrian and Russian aircraft venturing near areas where U.S. troops are on the ground risk getting shot down, the Pentagon's press secretary said Monday.
"We always have the right to defend our forces," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said at a news conference in reference to an incident last Thursday in which Syrian Su-24s bombed near a U.S. Special Forces team on the ground. "We, again, would advise them to steer clear in areas where we are operating."
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 23, 2016
Pentagon warns Assad: 'Steer clear' of US forces in Syria -- The Hill
Top U.S. commander skeptical of military cooperation with Russia in Syria -- AP
Pentagon: No Done Deal with Russia on Syria -- Defense News
Pentagon Has No 'Plan B' If Russian-American Talks on Syria in Geneva Fail -- Sputnik
Special Operations: Syrian Secrets -- Strategy Page
100 US Troops Deployed after Taliban's 'Tactical Victories' in Afghanistan -- VOA
American Killed in Afghanistan as U.S. Continues Taliban War -- US News and World Report
US State Department ‘Sells’ $60 Million in Guns to Afghanistan -- Sputnik
U.S. Marines use Cobra attack helicopters to strike ISIS in Libya -- Military Times
Russia's 'US Missile Defense-Killing' Hypersonic Rockets Arriving Soon -- Sputnik
Warplanes: Syria Gets Better Su-24s -- Strategy Page
Sukhoi Su-34 plane nicknamed ‘Duckling:’ Russian Aerospace Force’s best bomber -- TASS
Turkey cuts length of military officers' service: defense ministry -- Reuters
Germany mulls bringing back compulsory national service -- DW
Britain's New Spy Planes Are Practically Spacecraft - James Simpson, War Is Boring
Argentine Air Force Looks Near and Far in Replacement of Military Planes -- Sputnik
Lithuania splurges on its largest ever military purchase, amid heighened Russia fears -- DW
US Approves $124Mln Sale of Special Operations Boats to Qatar -- Sputnik
US, South Korea Begin Annual Military Drill Despite Threats From Pyongyang -- VOA
US to Move Mobile Land Artillery Weapons to South China Sea -- Scout Warrior
Navy Air Boss: Fighter Readiness Not in Crisis -- Military.com
Air Force beefs up Guam fleet with bombers -- FOX News
F-35 Sets Weapons Test Mission Record with New Software -- DoD Buzz
Looks like the Pentagon turned on the F-35 money tap again -- Business Insider
Lockheed Martin's F-35: Finally Ready for War? -- Rich Smith, Motley Fool
New Images Offer Sneak Peak of Boeing, Northrop T-X Designs -- Defense News
USN on the Prowl for Longer-Range Torpedo - Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring
What Lurks Beneath: US Navy to Test New Submersible Drones -- Sputnik
Secret Anti-Drone Laser Under Development By Pentagon -- iTech Post
The U.S. Air Force’s next launch contract up for bid? An experimental satellite -- Space News
Boeing's New Defense Strategy Scores a Big Win at Pentagon -- Motley Fool
US nuclear policy remains dangerously stuck in the past -- Diana Ohlbaum, The Hill
Knocking Petraeus, Ham Argues Readiness Woes Are ‘No Myth’ -- DoD Buzz
The Pentagon’s Costly One-Stop-Shopping Approach to Waging War -- Eric Pianin, Fiscal Times
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