Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 12, 2017

CBS: U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 crash details released by military

ITTA BENA, Miss. -- Investigators picked through debris across a fire-blackened soybean field Tuesday to try to determine why a U.S. military plane slammed into the ground, killing all 16 people aboard in the deadliest Marine crash anywhere in the world in more than a decade.

The KC-130 air tanker was carrying members of an elite Marine special operations unit cross-country for training in Arizona when it went down Monday afternoon in the Mississippi Delta, the military said. The fiery crash scattered wreckage for miles around and sent a pillar of black smoke rising over the countryside.

Witnesses said they heard low, rumbling explosions when the plane was still high in the sky, saw the aircraft spiraling toward the flat, green landscape and spotted an apparently empty parachute floating toward the earth.

Fifteen Marines and a Navy sailor were killed. Their identities were not immediately released.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 12, 2017

Special ops forces among 16 dead in Marine Corps plane crash -- CNN

Seven MARSOC Raiders Among Troops Killed in KC-130 Crash -- Military.com

Pentagon braces for Islamic State insurgency after Mosul -- Al Monitor

North Korea’s Hwasong-14 ICBM: A Technical Evaluation -- 38 North

Russia submits North Korea missile data to U.N. -- UPI

Russia's Kaspersky Lab denies accusations of engaging in cyber espionage -- TASS

Russia's New Attack Helicopter Is a Beast (But Has One Big Problem) -- National Interest

China sends troops to Djibouti, establishes first overseas military base -- CNN

China sets up base in Djibouti -- Xinhuanet

China sends troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti -- Reuters

Beijing Explains Why China Needs Its First Overseas Military Base -- Sputnik

China Builds Maritime Muscle -- Stratfor

Taiwan says Chinese carrier sails into its defense zone -- Reuters

‘North Korea could hit San Diego with ICBM within two years’, US monitoring group says -- SCMP

Israel's Submarine Scandal: Former Head of Navy Held Day After Netanyahu Associates Arrested -- Haaretz

Sweden orders aluminum fast attack combat boats -- UPI

Securing U.S. Bases in the Pacific: A New Era of Instability? -- Robert Farley, Diplomat

B-1 Bombers Stay Busy—Flying Record Numbers of Missions -- War Is Boring

Air Force’s Slower F-35 Buy Rate Spurs Nearly $30B Cost Hike -- DoD Buzz

Air Force’s lower buy rate drives $27.5B spike in F-35 acquisition costs-- Defense News

Air Force Insists F-35 Is 'Most Cost-Effective Option' To Modernize Fighters -- Investor's Business Daily

U.S. Air Force to Industry: Make a Mach-5 Missile -- War Is Boring

U.S. Navy Kicks Off Biggest Ever "Sea Breeze" Exercise In The Black Sea -- The Drive

The U.S. Navy's 'Big Guns' Can Do Some Serious Damage (And the Range Could Soon Triple) -- National Interest

Navy Fired Whistleblower Who Uncovered Serious Fuel Safety Risks -- Washington Free Beacon

USS Fitzgerald Commander Temporarily Relieved; Destroyer Enters Dry Dock -- USNI News

Oshkosh Corp. could get $1 billion deal with United Kingdom for military trucks -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Army begins testing off-road vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cell -- Army Times

Space Wars: Why the Air Force and Navy Will Fight For Control of the Space Corps -- Brent Ziarnick, National Interest

How Will America’s Next-Generation ICBM Improve Nuclear Deterrence? -- Deborah Lee James, Cipher Brief