Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 25, 2018

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis attends a news conference in Skopje, Macedonia September 17, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski)

Reuters: U.S.' Mattis looks for 'way ahead' after China scraps military talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he was seeking a way ahead for military ties with China after Beijing postponed military talks in protest at last week’s U.S. decision to impose sanctions over China’s purchase of Russian weaponry.

Mattis traveled to China in June in an attempt to deepen military-to-military dialogue with Beijing, even as Sino-U.S. trade tensions climb and anxiety in Washington grows over China’s modernization of its armed forces and its increasingly muscular military posture in the South China Sea.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 25, 2018

U.S. Defense Mattis Still Optimistic Despite China Scraping Military Talks -- Business Times

Mattis says US will look at possible base sites in Poland -- Stars and Stripes

Mattis to Iran: Don't Even Think About Taking Us On -- Military.com

Briefly: Mattis on 'same sheet of music' as Bolton on US troops Syria -- Al-Monitor

Pentagon Adjusts Tactics as Afghan Army Toll Rises: Mattis -- Military.com/AFP

Israel’s Military Is World-Class. But Is It Ready? -- Bloomberg

To succeed in modernizing, Indian Army needs to restructure at all levels -- Vijay Oberoi, Asia Times

Asahi poll: 63% of Okinawans oppose Abe’s U.S. military policy -- Asahi Shimbun

NATO's Stoltenberg to meet with Russians at UN amid tensions -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Germany looking to sell costly, rarely used drone to Canada -- AP

Ukraine and Russia Take Their Conflict to the Sea -- Stratfor

China blocks US Navy ship’s port visit to Hong Kong: report -- The Hill

US to sell Taiwan military gear worth $330 million -- DW

Pentagon fears losing race for 5G to China -- The Hill

Boeing wins $2.4B Air Force helicopter deal weeks after getting Navy drone contract -- Market Watch

Air Force awards $2.4B contract for new helicopters to guard nukes -- CNN

Army Mulls $31.6 Billion Shift in Armor, Copters in War Plan -- Bloomberg Government

What Industry Needs From The Army To Field A New Recon Helicopter In 10 Years -- Mike Hirschberg, Forbes

Navy, Air Force Test Deploys 2,000-Pound Mine at Stand-off Range -- USNI News

Watch: New radar tower installed on USS George Washington -- UPI

Why the U.S. Navy Wants a New Generation of Warships -- FoxTrot Alpha

What Should the US Navy's New Large Surface Warship Look Like? -- The Diplomat

Navy Weapons Strategy Preps for Future "High-End" Fight - Massive Ocean War -- Warrior Maven

New mask-mounted head-up display gives Navy combat divers tactical advantage -- Digital Trends

LCS Is No Little Crappy Ship -- US Naval Institute

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Repair Period Triples in Length; Carrier Will be in Yard Until 2019 -- USNI News

Of Any Military Installation, Sexual Assault Most Likely on Navy Ship: Report -- San Diego/NBC

The Navy Is All In on Preparing for the Next War. This Is What They Are Doing. -- Kris Osborn, National Interest

Will the U.S. Army Lose the Next War? -- Dan Goure, National Interest

Space: The Final Frontier for War? -- Omar Lamrani, RCD

So what do you get for $13 billion? -- Jill Aitoro, Defense News