Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 7, 2017

Lt Gen Sergei Rudskoi tells journalists on Thursday that Syria has been "completely liberated" from the Islamic State. Credit: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service pool/Vadim Savitsky

The Telegraph: Russia declares 'mission accomplished' against Islamic State in Syria

The combined forces of Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad have completely wiped out the Islamic State in Syria, the defence ministry has said.

“The mission of defeating the Islamic State bandit groups in Syria has been accomplished,” Lt General Sergei Rudskoi, head of the general staff's main operations directorate, said as combat maps and footage of Russian planes and Syrian soldiers firing their guns in celebration flashed on the huge screen behind him at a security press briefing.

“Today in the Syrian Arab Republic there is not one population point or region controlled by the Islamic State," he added. "The territory of Syria has been completely liberated from this terrorist group.”

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 7, 2017

Russian Armed Forces Complete Mission to Destroy Daesh in Syria - Gen. Staff -- Sputnik

Russia’s upgraded MiG-29 fighter jets to test new aircraft armament in Syria -- TASS

Russia wants to join the ISIS battle in Iraq -- Military Times

Russia-China anti-terror drills enter active phase -- TASS

Poland: Ex-military intel chief detained on charges of collaborating with Russia -- DW

Russia-NATO Cold War Leads Finland to Build Military 100 Years After Independence -- Newsweek

Medical issues affect British army readiness -- UPI

Queen Elizabeth commissions aircraft carrier with her name -- AP

How to Save (Or Destroy) the Royal Navy -- James Holmes, RCD

Bold move backfires as Canada declines Naval Group-Fincantieri frigate offering -- Defense News

Upgrade of India's Mirage fighter fleet in jeopardy as maintenance contracts lapse -- Defense News

Japan reacts to reports it wants ability to destroy NKorean missiles prelaunch -- Defense News

North Korea says war with United States is 'inevitable' -- DW

U.S. Trots Out B-1B Supersonic Bomber in Show of Force Against North Korea -- Popular Mechanics/AP

Two U.S. B-1B bombers join U.S.-South Korean military drills -- Reuters

Marine units standing by to reinforce embassy security after Trump's announcement -- Marine Times

Mattis, Tillerson warned Trump of security concerns in Israel embassy move -- The Hill

Pentagon now says 7,200 troops are in Iraq and Syria -- Defense News

Littoral Combat Ship War Network to Use Artificial Intelligence -- Scout Warrior

How the U.S. Military’s New Ship-Killing Missile Turns Targets' Radar Against Them -- Popular Mechanics

Navy Wasted Enough on Continuing Resolutions to Buy F-35 Squadron -- DoD Buzz

Air Force to Fire New Next-Gen ICBM Prototypes in 2020 -- Scout Warrior

Enlisted combat pilots? The Air Force is launching a test that could lead to that. -- Air Force Times

Air Force chief: Budget caps would ‘devastate the Air Force’ -- Defense News

DoD spent $7.4 billion on big data, AI and the cloud last year. Is that enough? -- C4ISRNet

FBI lacks 'technical ability' to crack most smartphone encryption -- Washington Examiner

Our Chips, Code Are More Secure Than Silicon Valley’s: Northrop Grumman -- Breaking Defense

Trump asks for emergency stay on accepting transgender military recruits by Jan. 1 -- The Hill

Trump Picks Former NASA Chief to Head New Pentagon Tech Office -- DoD Buzz

General: Army Needs More Futurists to Better Predict Conflict -- Defense Tech

The Moral Case for High-Tech Weapons: Has Israeli military innovation made war more just? -- Merav Ceren, The New Atlantis

WWII: Why Japan Failed at Pearl Harbor -- James Holmes, Scout Warrior