Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2018

New York Times: Trump Plans to Send National Guard to the Mexican Border

WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday night that President Trump planned to deploy the National Guard to the southern border to confront what it called a growing threat of illegal immigrants, drugs and crime from Central America after the president for the third consecutive day warned about the looming dangers of unchecked immigration.

Mr. Trump’s advisers said Monday that he was readying new legislation to block migrants and asylum seekers, including young unaccompanied children, from entering the United States, opening a new front in the immigration crackdown that he has pressed since taking office. But in remarks on Tuesday that caught some of his top advisers by surprise, he suggested the more drastic approach of sending in the military to do what immigration authorities could not.

Speaking to reporters during a news conference with the presidents of three Baltic nations, Mr. Trump described existing immigration laws as lax and ineffective, and called for militarizing the border with Mexico to prevent an influx of Central American migrants he said were ready to stream across it.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2018

Trump's Mexican border strategy includes mobilizing National Guard -- Reuters

This Is How The U.S. Military Is Already Patrolling And Working On The Border -- Warzone/The Drive

Trump says he'll send the military to the border. Bush and Obama did, too -- CNN

Trump would not be first president to send National Guard soldiers to US-Mexico border -- FOX News

Trump wants to 'get out' of Syria, but US military and national security advisors say ISIS isn't defeated yet -- CNBC

Trump says ‘it’s time’ to leave Syria; Votel says we’re staying -- Military Times

US possibly setting up new military bases in Syria, despite Trump's 'withdrawal' promise -- RT

French Soldiers Enter Parts of Northern Syria as US Troops Withdraw - Reports -- Sputnik

Iran’s defense minister: US wants to split Islamic world -- TASS

Russia intel chief warns of new Cold War amid poisoning probe -- UPI

NATO Has Crossed a 'Red Line' With Expansion, Russian Official Warns -- Moscow Times

Russia to deliver regiment set of S-400 missile systems to Turkey in October 2019 — source -- TASS

China's defense chief calls his Moscow trip a signal to US -- Military Times/AP

China Welcomes Its Newest Armed Force: The Coast Guard -- War On The Rocks

US, South Korea Kick Off Annual Military Drill Without US ‘Strategic Assets’ -- The Diplomat

Japan Shakes Up Army to Tackle Rising Threats -- Wall Street Journal

Kalashnikov plant in Venezuela to start production in 2019 -- TASS

Germany's fighter jets may not be fit for NATO service — and it's the latest setback in a wider problem -- Business Insider

Pentagon sends surplus tanks to Morocco -- Al-Monitor

US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier Crashes During Exercise in Djibouti -- The Warzone

Pricetag for Pentagon’s major weapon systems grows by 10 percent -- Defense News

Supersonic, but without the boom — NASA commissions passenger 'X-plane' -- DW

Report: U.S. Navy could soon conduct drills in South China Sea -- UPI

The Navy Just Tested Its Most Deadly Nuclear Missile Ever (from a Submarine) -- National Interest

Navy taps Lockheed Martin for more F-35 support -- UPI

Northrop to produce gun modules for Littoral Combat Ships -- UPI

Congress Accelerates Funding for New Navy C-130T Propeller Replacement Program -- USNI News

The Navy's Secret Wish: Bring Back the Old F-14 Tomcat from the Dead? -- National Interest

NASA Awards Contract To Lockheed's Skunk Works To Build Manned Quiet Supersonic X-Plane -- The Warzone

The New American Commander In Kosovo Is Of Serbian Ancestry -- Task & Purpose

Former U.S. Army sniper and two other ex-American soldiers 'agreed to become contract killers for an international crime boss who wanted to settle a score with a real estate agent' -- Daily Mail