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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