Monday, April 9, 2018

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 9, 2018



Military Times: The death toll for rising aviation accidents: 133 troops killed in five years

In the last three weeks, six military aviation crashes have killed 16 pilots or crew — a tragic development that has cast a spotlight on a growing crisis: Accident rates have soared over the last five years for most of the military’s manned warplanes.

Through a six-month investigation, the Military Times found that accidents involving all of the military’s manned fighter, bomber, helicopter and cargo warplanes rose nearly 40 percent from fiscal years 2013 to 2017. It’s doubled for some aircraft, like the Navy and Marine Corps’ F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets. At least 133 service members were killed in those fiscal year 2013-2017 mishaps, according to data obtained by Military Times.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 9, 2018

U.S. aviation in crisis -- Military Times

With 16 service members killed in air crashes, top lawmaker says 'readiness of the military is at a crisis point' -- CNN

Military Times Crash Database -- Military Times

China’s Liaoning dovish as USS Theodore Roosevelt sails in -- Asia Times

China Installed Military Jamming Equipment on Spratly Islands, U.S. Says -- WSJ

China Bans Export of Mass-Destruction-Weapons-Usable Materials to North Korea -- Sputnik

Taiwanese under siege from blitz of Chinese cyberattacks -- Asia Times

Russia’s military offer stalls in Lebanon, for now -- Asia Times

State Dept. approves $1.3B sale of Howitzers to Saudi Arabia -- UPI

Tiny Djibouti aiming to be global military, shipping centre -- National Post/AP

UK Army chiefs ordered to recruit more women, LGBT and ethnic minorities -- Daily Star

Germany, France to move ahead on sixth-generation combat aircraft -- Defense News

Finland nears decision on sea-based weapons -- Defense News

South Korea, U.S. to begin special military drills this week -- UPI

Army Secretary Warns of China, Russia Threats -- National Interest

US conducts successful test to integrate missile-defense systems -- The Hill

Army soldiers fire new Abrams tanks for first time -- UPI

The Army's 155mm 'Big Guns' Now Have More Range, Can Strike Without GPS -- National Interest

The Army just made it harder to graduate from basic training -- Army Times

US military resumes air operations in Djibouti -- CNN

Flush with cash, the Navy bores in on aviation readiness amid a crisis -- Defense News

How stealthy is Boeing’s new Super Hornet? -- Defense News

Boeing's MQ-25 Prototype 'Ready to Fly' As Industry Awaits Contract Decision -- National Defense

U.S. military trying to be a player, not a bystander, in the new space race -- Space News

Here’s what the Army wants in future radios -- C4IRSNet

This Is How The U.S. Makes Sure Its Nuclear Weapons Are 'Safe' -- Foxtrot Alpha/Jalopnik

Five big questions for Jim Mattis on Capitol Hill this week -- Defense News

Trump's top national security spokesman to leave White House -- Politico

Marine Raider receives Silver Star for actions during terror attack in Mali -- Marine times

The Civil War Over Missile Defense -- James Durso, RCD

How the Facebook fallout could hurt intel agencies -- Justin Cleveland, C4ISRNet

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would say Obviously the Pentagon's flyers are dying far too often. I'm sure the reasons are complex but lack of funding for training, maintenance and flying old jets/planes/helicopters are all part of the problem. The US went to war again in the Middle East under Obama just when Obama signed into law sequestration. It mandated the Pentagon absorb the bulk of the huge cuts in future growth of spending.