Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 7, 2018

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh. (Screen capture: YouTube/MEMRITVVideos)

Reuters: Iran's missile production has increased three-fold: Guards commander

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran has increased its missile production three-fold, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said Wednesday, according to the Fars news service.

The commander did not explain during what time period the production increase had taken place.

“In the past we had to do a lot of explaining to various bodies for our actions but it’s not like that anymore,” Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Guards’ aerospace division said, according to Fars.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 7, 2018

Defiant Iran says missile production has tripled -- Times of Israel

IRGC Commander Hails Iran’s Progress in Defense Technologies -- Tasnim News Agency

What We Know So Far About Deadly Russian Plane Crash in Syria -- Sputnik

5 dead after Russian chopper crashes in Chechnya -- UPI

Russia’s Iskander-M to remain unmatched until at least 2025 — official -- TASS

China unhappy over US carrier visit to Vietnam, newspaper says -- Navy Times

Israeli official bets advances in anti-tunnel technology will secure Gaza border -- Washington Post

German cabinet approves increase in troops for Afghanistan -- Reuters

ANALYSIS: German military wrestles with aircraft availability -- Flight Global

Unmanned tech ambitions shape Turkey’s future military -- C4ISRNet

South Korea, U.S. begin defense cost-sharing negotiations Wednesday -- UPI

Pentagon Says It Was Caught Off-Guard by $950 Million Cloud Deal -- Bloomberg

Senators seek budget flexibility for Pentagon -- Defense News

AFRICOM 4-star faces questions on US troops killed in Niger ambush -- Army Times

Stealth features responsible for half of F-35 defects, Lockheed program head states -- Defense News

Northrop Grumman to develop ballistic missile defense simulation models -- UPI

US Navy to scrap scores of fighter jets from its inventory -- Defense News

US Navy to Dispense With Almost 140 F/A-18 Fighter Jets -- Sputnik

Navy Leaders See Possible Path to 355 Ships by the 2030s -- USNI News

Female Marines to enter MCT at Camp Pendleton for first time -- Marine Times

Army Screening 30 US Cities for Home of New Futures Command -- DoD Buzz

Army to base new Futures Command in major city, blend tech and academic cultures -- Army Times

The future battlefield: Army, Marines prepare for ‘massive’ fight in megacities -- Military Times

Fighting in a city? These 7 pieces of gear could help make soldiers, Marines more effective -- Army Times

Army training mission gives troops the feel of deployment – in their backyard -- FOX News

What it's like behind the throttle of a US Army Black Hawk helicopter -- CNBC

Weapons of the future: Here's the new war tech Lockheed Martin is pitching to the Pentagon -- CNBC

Hypersonics ‘highest technical priority’ for Pentagon R&D head -- Defense News

The Air Force is preparing to fight in space 'in a matter of years' -- Business Insider

US Army warns of the potential dangers of swarming toy drones on US soldiers -- The Register

Google helps the Pentagon with military drones -- Mercury News

An inside look at the Navy’s most homesick sailors -- Navy Times

EXCLUSIVE: Sexual favors, gym bags stuffed with cash, drunken romps - US Army marketing team is under fire as boss in charge of awarding $4B contract is caught on video making out with ad agency exec and another official is accused of taking bribes -- Daily Mail

2 Navy officers sentenced in ‘Fat Leonard’ case -- Navy Times

'I wasn't myself': Culprit who wrote racial slurs at Air Force Academy blames concussion -- Air Force Times