Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 15, 2018

North and South Korean delegation walk as they cross the concrete border at the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom, in North Korea, June 14, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS

Reuters: North, South Korea hold military talks amid U.S. plan to stop drills

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea failed to reach any concrete agreement during their military talks on Thursday, as two-star generals from both sides met just two days after U.S. President Donald Trump floated his plan to halt joint exercises with South Korea.

The talks, their first in more than a decade, held in the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), followed on from an inter-Korean summit in April at which leaders of the two Koreas had agreed to defuse tensions and cease “all hostile acts”.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 15, 2018

Koreas agree to restore military communication lines -- Military Times/AP

Pompeo Meets Top US General in Korea to Explain Exercise Freeze -- Military.com

US, South Korea May Decide Joint Drills Future in July, Seoul Says -- Sputnik

U.S. forces in South Korea not subject to North Korea-U.S. talks: South Korea official -- Reuters

DoD Chief Mattis Discusses With S Korean Counterpart Results of Singapore Summit -- Sputnik

I Was a Navy Admiral. Here's Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake -- James Stavridis, Time

China Adds Advanced Missiles to South China Sea Islands -- Washington Free Beacon

Chinese navy deploys drones in South China Sea missile drills -- SCMP

China’s latest quantum radar won’t just track stealth bombers, but ballistic missiles in space too -- SCMP

US, France and Britain freeze sale of Chinese weaponry to Central African Republic -- SCMP

Australian submarine sonar systems begin $407 million upgrade -- UPI

Sale of Apache helicopters, equipment to India gains approval -- UPI

Israel Aerospace, Airbus Ink $600m German Drone Deal -- Haaretz/Reuters

Turkey proposes Russia ‘joint production of S-500 missiles’ -- Daily Hurriyet News

Advanced amphibious assault ship to join Russian Navy on June 20 — source -- TASS

Russian Air-Delivered Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons -- RCD

Moscow Slams Norway Plans to Double US Troop Presence -- Military.com/AFP

Permanent U.S. military presence needed to combat Russian menace, Lithuania says -- Washington Times

US leads war games near Russian border with 18,000 troops on eve of World Cup -- The Independent

What’s the United States’ biggest priority for the NATO summit? -- Defense News

State Department nominee would warn Saudi, Qatar, Egypt against Russia military deals -- Reuters

Raytheon to build video sensors for F-35s -- UPI

HAC-D Passes $674.6B FY 2019 Spending Bill; $22.7B for Shipbuilding -- USNI News

New Army Artillery Doubles Attack Range & Outguns Russian Equivalent -- Warrior Maven

Is The Marine Corps Right For You? Here’s Our Guide To Which Branch You Should Join -- Patrick Baker, Task & Purpose

Is That Another Sky Penis Above Another US Military Base? -- Task & Purpose

Defense and delusion: America‘s military, industry are falling behind -- Col. Wesley Hallman (ret.), Defense News

The U.S. Spends Billions in Defense Aid. Is It Working? -- John Ismay, NYT

The Military Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons -- Luke O’Brien and Aaron Stein, War On The Rocks

Trump's Korea Nuclear Deal Could Change The Focus Of U.S. Missile Defense -- Loren Thompson, Forbes