Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 5, 2018

Swedish Marines and Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe board Swedish Combat Boat 90 during amphibious assault rehearsal during Exercise Archipelago Endeavor in Korso, Sweden, Aug. 30. (Sgt. Devin Andrews/Marine Corps)

Marine Times: Marines are on Sweden’s coast preparing for largest NATO exercise as Russia grumbles

About 75 U.S. Marines are training with Swedish counterparts to conduct raids and amphibious operations in Sweden’s complicated coastal terrain, which consists of thousands of small islands known as the Stockholm archipelago.

The exercise, dubbed Archipelago Endeavor, is a run up to one of NATO’s largest exercises in more than a decade, known as Trident Juncture, slated to kick off later this fall. The Norway-hosted exercise is expected to include nearly 40,000 NATO forces and dozens of ships.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 5, 2018

Why Finland and Sweden still flirt with joining NATO -- Michael Miklaucic, The Hill

Government of Macedonia forms a Committee for NATO integration -- European Western Balkans

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept Russian Military Aircraft -- The Diplomat

Rafael targets Spike anti-tank missile sales in Germany, Poland -- Defense News

China Responds to B-52s in the South China Sea -- RCD

China Carried Out Several Dozen Hypersonic Arms Tests - US Missile Defense Chief -- Sputnik

China ‘nearing mass production’ of J-20 stealth fighter after engine problems ironed out -- SCMP

Why Djibouti is home to China's first foreign military base -- ACMP

Course Set for the Next 40 Years for the Royal Australian Navy -- USNI News

Analysis: Israel Signals Lull in Syria Strikes Is Over, Resuming Military Action Against Iran -- Amos Harel, Haaretz

Israel's Army Ready for Any War Scenario Amid Watchdog's Gloomy Report - IDF Chief -- Sputnik

Israeli military chief touts readiness for war in letter to ministers -- Times of Israel

NATO training mission faces challenges in Iraq -- Joseph Hammond, Al-Monitor

Spain cancels bombs sale to Saudi Arabia amid Yemen concerns -- AP

Turkish military’s tradition of secularism facing tough test -- Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor

US, Greece look at increasing military presence amid tension with Turkey -- Military Times

US soldier killed in Afghanistan was on 13th overseas deployment -- The Hill

F-35C, Super Hornet Damaged During At-Sea Aerial Refueling -- USNI News

Navy Aircraft Carriers Are Getting a Big Upgrade -- National Interest

Ford-class carrier John F. Kennedy 50 percent built, ahead of schedule -- UPI

The US Navy just sent Russia and China powerful messages with aircraft-carrier shows of force -- Alex Lockie, Business Insider

Use Carriers Differently in a High-End Fight -- Robert C. Rubel, Proceedings Magazine

The Navy thinks Russian subs are a growing threat to Europe, and it's mounting a full-court press to counter them -- Business Insider

The Navy's Most Deadly Submarine Ever Has a Serious Problem -- National Interest

New Navy Weapons Tactics Sharpen Prep for Major Warfare on the Open Sea -- Warrior Maven

Pentagon Plans to Deploy Space-Based Missiles -- Washington Free Beacon

The US Army is building drones that never need to land -- Technology Review

Lockheed Martin, General Atomics, Boeing compete for laser-armed drone -- UPI

The Drone Threat Is Real. The Solution Is Complex. -- Ben Joelson & Sean Horner, RCD

US House moves to begin negotiations with Senate on $675 billion defense spending bill -- The Hill

Mattis calls Woodward's reporting on him 'fiction' -- The Hill

Shadowy U.S. drone war in Africa set to expand -- Foreign Policy