Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 20, 2018

Russian and Chinese servicemen shake hands during the Russian-Chinese drill "Naval Interaction-2015" at the Klerk testing grounds in Russia's Primorye Territory. © SPUTNIK/ VITALIY ANKOV

SCMP: Beijing hits back at US defence strategy and ‘cold war mindset’

Moscow also criticises Pentagon’s new focus on countering China and Russia, saying it’s a confrontational approach

Beijing and Moscow have criticised the US military’s move to put countering China and Russia at the centre of its latest national defence strategy, with China again hitting back at America’s “cold war and zero-sum game mindset”.

Presenting the new strategy – which will set priorities for the Pentagon for years to come – Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday called China and Russia “revisionist powers” that “seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models”.

It marks a shift in US defence priorities after its focus for more than a decade-and-a-half on the fight against Islamist militants.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 20, 2018

China, Russia outpace terrorism as greatest threat to US, says Pentagon -- DW

James Mattis unveils new US military strategy focused on threat from Russia and China, not terrorism -- ABC News Online

How China’s military is girding for battle, and what it means for neighbours -- SCMP

China Military Training to Expand Across Asia and Around the World -- Newsweek

Should Beijing be worried about India’s latest missile launch? -- SCMP

Components for Russian S-400 Defense Systems Damaged on Way to China - Moscow -- Sputnik

Russian defense minister points to Russia-Myanmar developing military cooperation -- TASS

Iran suspected of increasing espionage in Germany -- DW

Germany halts weapons exports to parties in Yemen conflict. -- DW

Britain's May, France's Macron shore up defense commitment -- UPI

British teen Kane Gamble accessed accounts of top US intelligence and security officials -- DW

Mattis says US competitive warfighting edge has eroded -- AP

SECDEF Mattis on Government Shutdown Memo: ‘Stay Alert’ -- USNI News

Trump renews NSA internet surveillance program for six more years -- Global News/Reuters

NSA surveillance programs live on, in case you hadn't noticed -- CNet

Stricken Destroyer USS Fitzgerald Arrives in Mississippi for Two Years of Repairs -- USNI News

Damaged Navy ship USS Fitzgerald arrives in Mississippi for TWO YEARS of repairs that could cost up to $500MILLION after collision off Japan killed seven sailors -- Daily Mail

Lockheed keeps F-16 production line going with Bahrain deal -- Defense News

Navy AH-1Z Test Flies New Joint Air Ground Missile -- Warrior Maven

Navy FY 2019 Budget Request Will Include a 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan -- USNI News

Air Force acquisition nominee takes aim at F-35 sustainment costs -- Defense News

Speaker Ryan: US Military Has Been Pushed ‘Past the Breaking Point’ -- National Defense

Navy’s Fixing Itself, Congress Must Fix Budget: Wittman, Courtney -- Breaking Defense

Under the Hood of Renewed FISA Law -- Robert Eatinger, The Cipher Brief

Inside the New Trump Administration National Defense Strategy -- Second Line Of Defense

US military satellite launched to fortify against missile attacks -- Spaceflight Now

War In Space: How The Air Force Is Preparing, And What Might Go Wrong -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

‘Data on Everybody’: Whistleblower Warns of Massive Scope of US Surveillance -- Sputnik

Pentagon Says Military-Civilian Divide Could Endanger All-Volunteer Force -- Task & Purpose

12 Strong: Inside the Making of a Hollywood War Epic. -- Brian Glyn Williams, RCD