Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 26, 2018

Tug boats maneuver the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford into the James River. US Navy

Business Insider: The US Navy is still struggling with its newest aircraft carriers, but now it wants to drop $26 billion on the next 2

What would you do if you had billions of dollars? Two carriers at the same time, man.

The Pentagon has ramped up its evaluation of a Navy proposal to purchase both the third and fourth vessels in the beleaguered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier program in one fell swoop, Bloomberg News reports, a significant step in the branch's push for a 12-carrier fleet.

A contract with Huntington Ingalls industries for the next two of the $13 billion super carriers could potentially save the service around $2.5 billion, as Navy Secretary Richard Spencer told reporters in August.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 26, 2018

Move over, 355-ship Navy: New report calls for an even larger fleet -- Defense News

The Navy Never Got Its Dream Weapon: Stealth Bombers Flying from Aircraft Carriers -- National Interest

Pence: Tyndall training operations will soon resume as recovery continues -- Air Force Times

Pentagon grounds 24 F-35s -- The Hill

Five Reasons The U.S. Air Force Should Be Buying F-35 Fighters Much Faster -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Boeing awarded $132M contract for Super Hornet upgrade -- UPI

Air Force secretary details plans to increase fighter readiness -- Defense News

General Dynamics wins contract to upgrade M1 Abrams tanks -- UPI

Sky Penis Soars Again? Navy T-34 Appears To Have Made A Phallic Flight Over The Salton Sea (Updated) -- Warzone/Drive

This is why Coast Guard snipers are the real deal -- We Are The mighty

Marines Get the Official OK to Wear These 7 New Boot Styles -- Kit Up!

Support grows for EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia -- DW

South, North Korea to withdraw guard posts, reduce military tension -- UPI

North Korea is using the internet ‘like a criminal syndicate’ -- AP

Japan finance ministry calls for $9B military spending cut -- UPI

What China's new carrier strike group could look like -- We Are The Mighty

Aircraft Carriers, Submarines and Nukes: Just How Deadly Is China's Navy? -- National Interest

Source: around 100 Turkish military to start 5-month training to operate S-400 in 2019 -- TASS

Russian Defense Ministry Explains Why S-400 is Better Than Patriots -- Sputnik

Russia Spotted 16 Foreign Spy Aircraft Near Border Over Past Week - Reports -- Sputnik

Russia threatens response to huge NATO exercise, says its new weapons will be unrivaled anywhere -- Military Times/AP

Russia Successfully Launches Soyuz Rocket With Military Satellite -- RFE

French Ministry of Defence Launches Next-Gen Aircraft Carrier Study -- Second Line of Defense

Only one country besides the US has a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — and now it's planning to build another one -- Business Insider

Belgium's Purchase of US F-35 Jets 'Against European Interests' - Macron -- Sputnik

All roles in the UK military, including Royal Marines and SAS, open to women -- Military Times

UN investigators check weapons seized by Navy warship -- AP

Army’s detailed Iraq war study remains unpublished years after completion -- AP

US and partner nations seek to disrupt Iran-Taliban nexus -- Long War Journal

Who profits from the end of the mid-range nuclear treaty? -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times