USNI News: Video: Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) was followed and harassed by four Iranian patrol boats on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.
The destroyer was in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz when four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy high-speed patrol boats came at the ship without responding to hails or warning flares fired from Nitze, according to a video of the incident provided to USNI News.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 25, 2016
Volatile mix in Syria war puts new strain on US strategy -- AP
China military says it is providing medical training for Syria -- Al Arabiya/Reuters
Iraq defense minister gets no-confidence vote as military prepares to retake Mosul from ISIS -- FOX News/AP
Report: Berlin looks into pulling jets out of Turkey -- DW
German military mulls options if planes withdrawn from Turkish base -- Reuters
Invincible Weapon: Russian Long-Range Bombers to Receive New Cruise Missiles -- Sputnik
Silent Protector: Russia Develops Hi-Tech Jammer to Block Enemy Electronics -- Sputnik
High alert: Russia tests army’s readiness in massive snap exercise in west & south -- RT
Putin orders snap checks in Russian armed forces August 25-31 -- TASS
Russian Foreign Ministry: NATO military buildup bad for northern Europe -- TASS
Russian diplomat: US missile defense buildup in Asia-Pacific causes imbalance -- TASS
Russia, China to hold naval exercise to practice defensive operations -- TASS
North Korean submarine missile launch shows secretive program picking up steam -- FOX News/AP
US arms sale to Saudi Arabia under fire from lawmakers -- The Hill
GAO: Air Force Needs More Information Before Divesting A-10 -- Defense News
GAO: Air Force Doesn’t Grasp Implications of its Own A-10 Warthog Decisions -- National Defense
Navy F-35C Now Armed With Max Weapons Load -- Scout Warrior
DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons -- Defense News
Airlander Airship Crashes During Test Flight -- Defense News
The Pentagon Plans for Autonomous Systems -- Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations
US military identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan -- The Hill
NSA Targeted Chinese Firewall Maker Huawei, Leaked Documents Suggest -- Motherboard
US Intelligence Still Sorting out NSA Hack -- ABC News/AP
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan -- USNI News
Lockheed Martin's Billion-Dollar Cash Advance -- Atlantic Council
'We're All Dirty': Inside the Navy's Corpsman Cheating Scandal -- Military.com
VA to ban large-scale display of Confederate flag in cemeteries -- The Hill
VA program to provide service dogs for some veterans with mental health conditions -- Military Times
Survey Results: The Greatest Woman in Military History -- USNI News
Office of No Threat Assessment -- Bill Gertz, Washington Times
How Everything Became War -- Joe Byerly, The Strategy Bridge
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Throw them a couple of cases of beer and some nudie mags, works every time when the pangeros harass us down in Mexico...
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