Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 15, 2017

The flags of the People’s Liberation Army, China and the Communist Party are flown at Sunday’s military parade at the Zhurihe training base in Inner Mongolia. Photo: Xinhua

Harry J. Kazianis, National Interest: The Real Reason China Has Built a Massive Military

Over several years in this publication, I have been exploring the dynamics of the budding U.S.-China security dilemma—a high-tech drama pitting anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) against what we used to refer to as Air-Sea Battle (ASB)—and have offered several different ways to lessen the possibility of such a dynamic from becoming cemented into the Asia-Pacific’s security architecture. However, China’s development and implementation of A2/AD clearly has various origins. One such origin that deserves to be explored is the “historical nightmare” of China’s subjugation at the hands of various colonial and Asian powers.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 15, 2017

Navy to send destroyer to Far East to boost ballistic missile defense -- Navy Times

US Subs' Mystery Missions Off Korean Coast Prompt Panic -- Sputnik

Tension runs high ahead of allies’ joint military drill -- Korea Herald

N. Korea Ready for Missile Test Any Time as Drill Approaches -- Bloomberg

North Korea's Sinpo South Shipyard: SLBM Test Not Imminent; Unknown Shipbuilding Program Underway -- 38 North

HR McMaster: Threatening a military option in North Korea keeps Kim Jong Un in check -- Washington Examiner

Futuristic Russian military watch can survive nuclear blast -- Economic Times

Futuristic Russian Military Suit Gets Nuclear-Proof Upgrade -- Live Science

French military charter plane crashes near Abidjan in Ivory Coast -- France 24

Despite deaths, German military eyes recruitment bump from new reality show -- Reuters

EU defense spending fund could cripple Italian firms -- Defense News


How the U.S. Navy Plans to Keep the Aircraft Carrier from Becoming Obsolete -- Kris Osborn, National Interest

For Future Navy Carriers, Big Is Still Beautiful: Rand Study -- DoD Buzz

USS Washington set to receive more than $20 million in 'finishing touches' -- UPI

17th in a row: US Navy unveils newest Tomahawk-capable Virginia-class nuclear sub -- RT

Up close and personal with the Army's lethal new sniper rifle -- Business Insider/Task & Purpose

Army researchers are working on mapping tech that can help you see the battlefield -- Army Times

Pentagon Turns to High-Speed Traders to Fortify Markets Against Cyberattack -- WSJ

The CH-53's Dark Present But Bright Future On This The Chopper's 53rd Birthday -- The Drive

It’s 2017. The Military Still Requires Officers To Have College Degrees. Why? -- Carl Forsling, Task & Purpose

Top recruiter: Just 136,000 out of 33 million young Americans would join the Army -- Army Times

The Vast Majority Of Americans In Their 20s Are Unfit For Military Service -- Task & Purpose

Too Fat to Fight: Military Threatened by Childhood Obesity -- Military.com/The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Here Is Why the U.S. Navy Created the SEALs -- National Interest

Is Iran's Navy a Threat to America? -- Scout

It's been 70 years since Chuck Yeager's historic flight — here's what it was like to break the sound barrier -- Christopher Woody, Business Insider

The Army’s New Modernization Program Could Be The Branch’s Biggest Shakeup Since The Vietnam War -- Matthew Moss, Task & Purpose