Saturday, June 24, 2017

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 24, 2017

An armed Russian SU-27 Flanker confronts a U.S. RC135U. Photo via U.S. EUCOM

Newsweek: Is Russia Ready to Fire at US Military Jets in Syria?

Russia has warned that it will now consider American jets in western Syria “air targets,” after a U.S. Navy aircraft shot down a Syrian regime jet on Monday. Russia and the U.S. are both active in the Syrian civil war, but Moscow backs the regime of Bashar al-Assad, while Washington supports anti-regime rebels.

The Russian ministries of defense and foreign affairs both threatened to sharpen their response to U.S. military actions in Syria after Monday’s downing by “tracking” U.S. jets and severing communication channels with American forces operating in Syria. However, Russia experts are skeptical as to whether Moscow will take action or is relying more on harsh rhetoric to appear stronger.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 24, 2017

Here’s How An Air War Between The US And Russia Over Syria Would Go Down -- Alex Lockie, Task & Purpose/Business Insider

Analysts: Russia's Military Threats Mainly Bluster, but Conflict Risk Rising -- VOA

U.S. military says crisis communications link with Russia 'in use' -- Reuters

U.S.: Russia Gave Heads-Up About Syrian Cruise Missile Strike -- US News and World Report

North Korea tests rocket engine, possibly for ICBM: U.S. officials -- Reuters

South China Sea: Chinese Military Planes Raise New Concerns Of Conflict in Asia -- Newsweek

Aequs doubling Rafale output aiming to triple annual sales by 2020 -- Defense News

German officials meet with Lockheed to talk F-35 at Paris Air Show -- Defense News

German Intelligence Also Snooped on White House -- Spiegel Online

Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers' list -- Reuters

Trump administration reportedly OK's sale of 33 unarmed drones to India -- FOX News

The Art of the U.S.-India Aircraft Carrier Deal -- Bimal Sareen, The Diplomat

Maritime Mystery: Why A U.S. Destroyer Failed to Dodge a Cargo Ship -- NYT

Fitzgerald: When A Big Ocean Gets Small -- US Naval Institute

Navy fighter jets aren't consistently providing pilots with high-quality breathing air, report says -- Virginia Pilot

Thunderbird F-16 pilot, team passenger in ‘good condition’ after crash -- WHIOTV7

U.S. Military’s Vital ‘Doomsday Planes’ Damaged in Tornado -- NBC

F-35s Worth the Hype After All? -- American Interest

The Army Is Looking For A Special Artillery Shell That Can Totally Paralyze Enemy Cities -- Michael Peck, National; Interest

Dismissal of Bid Protest Clears Way for New Army Sidearm -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes

US Army to hold competition for Patriot radar replacement -- Defense News

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense -- Missile Threat

Space Warfare: America could soon have a new branch of the military protecting outer space -- FOX News

House lawmakers want space-based missile defense strategy -- Defense News

US Tech Firms Give Up Security Secrets For Access To Russian Market -- Daily Caller

Wikileaks: The CIA can remotely hack into computers that aren’t even connected to the internet -- Quartz

I trained a neural network to create CIA malware codenames -- The Next Web

Army busts another general for improper relationship with woman -- Washington Post

Missing Shiloh sailor who was discovered hiding transferred to brig -- Navy Times

How Trump is empowering the military -- and raising some eyebrows -- CNN

The Air Force and IBM are building an AI supercomputer -- Andrew Tarantola, Endgadget

How Not to Win an AI Arms Race With China -- Patrick Tucker, Defense One

Sights from around the Paris Air Show -- Defense News

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