Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 22, 2018

Reuters: Russia pledges to act to "restore" military balance if U.S. quits nuclear arms pact

* Trump threatens to pull U.S. out of landmark arms pact
* Accuses Russia of violating 1987 INF treaty
* Kremlin says U.S. is the one breaching it
* Pledges to restore balance of military power if necessary
* Germany, other European powers, express concern

MOSCOW, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a landmark nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.

Trump drew a warning of “military-technical” retaliation from Moscow after saying on Saturday that Washington would withdraw from the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which rid Europe of land-based nuclear missiles.

The INF treaty, signed by then-President Ronald Reagan and reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 at a time of unprecedented East-West detente, required the elimination of all short-range and intermediate-range land-based nuclear and conventional missiles held by both countries in Europe.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 22, 2018

Russia warns of response to ‘restore balance’ if US withdraws from missile treaty -- The Hill

Kremlin vows to respond to US pullout from INF by measures to restore military balance -- TASS

Trump confirms U.S. to abandon nuclear arms treaty with Russia -- UPI

Russia condemns U.S. plan to withdraw from INF treaty -- UPI

US pullout from INF Treaty will trigger negative consequences, Chinese diplomat warns -- TASS

China denounces U.S. withdrawal from nuclear treaty -- UPI

US general was wounded in Afghanistan attack -- The Hill

Many troops are skeptical of a new Space Force, new Military Times poll shows -- Military Times

Raytheon awarded $62M for foreign military AMRAAM refresh -- UPI

Mattis Names Army Colonel as Guantanamo's Chief War Court Judge -- Military.com/Miami Herald

The Military Moves Hundreds of Thousands of Families Each Summer. Many of Them Don't Go Well -- Time

US, Turkey to Soon Begin Joint Patrols in North Syria -- AP

Assassins threaten multibillion-dollar US efforts to keep Afghan airmen flying -- Stars and Stripes

Any Attack on Belarus to Be Viewed as Attack on Russia, Says Russian Ambassador -- Sputnik

Moscow will regard military attack on Belarus as attack on Russia - Envoy -- UNIAN

Russia ready to send more military instructors to Central African Republic — diplomat -- TASS

Russian Baltic Fleet naval group sets off for North Atlantic voyage -- TASS

US urged to counter Chinese aggression with strong military partnerships in Asia -- SCMP

Pentagon Chief: US ‘Cannot Accept’ China’s ‘Militarization’ in South China Sea -- Sputnik

Defense Chiefs Seek Friendlier Skies Over Asia’s Military Flashpoints -- The Wall Street Journal

North and South Korea to hold military talks on Friday after disarmament pledge -- SCMP/AP

Two Koreas to hold general-level military talks on Friday -- NK News

Report: North Korea officials likely to discuss military cooperation in China -- UPI

US-Built Helicopters for S Korea Turned Out to Have Faulty Radars - Reports -- Sputnik

The Case for a Permanent U.S. Military Presence in Poland -- Michael A. Hunzeker and Alexander Lanoszka, War On The Rocks

U.S. To Offer Surplus Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates To Ukraine: Reports -- Warzone/The Drive

For Europe, it’s naval business as usual -- Defense News

Belgium Reportedly Picks US F-35 Over Eurofighter Typhoon -- Sputnik

Moldova Ignores Military Reform Despite Security Threats -- Balkan Insights

Canada Chooses BAE-Lockheed Proposal To Build Frigates Based On U.K.'s Type 26 Design -- Warzone/The Drive

Captain of UK's Most Powerful Ship Wants 10,000 More Sailors in Royal Navy -- Sputnik

From telescopes to GPS: military, space science are linked: Space exploration may pull in the talent, but the military pays the bills to build the equipment, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. -- Simon Worrall, National Geographic

Autonomous Weapons: The Ultimate Military Game Changer? -- Richard Purcell, National Interest

The US Navy will have to pony up and race the clock to avoid a sealift capacity collapse -- David B. Larter, Defense News

War World 2 hero who thwarted Nazi nuclear plant dies at 99 -- UPI