Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 3, 2018

The only photo released of the battlefield on the day of the battle, with TF Ranger personnel shown taking cover alongside buildings near the crash site. U.S. Army photo

Army Times: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 years later: How the fateful fight changed combat operations

Twenty-five years ago, news flashed across television screens that U.S. troops had engaged in some of the most intense urban combat since Vietnam and suffered more dead and wounded in a matter of hours than recent years of operations combined.

The Battle of Mogadishu on Oct. 3-4, 1993, in Somalia would later be viewed as a tactical success in which, despite daunting odds and unforeseen mishaps, a force of about 100 Americans held off more than 1,000 enemy who poured streams of small arms and rocket attacks in an intense, coordinated ambush.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 3, 2018

What You May Not Know About 'Black Hawk Down' -- Edward D. Chang, RCD

U.N. Command approves mine removal on North-South Korea border -- UPI

North and South Korea’s New Military Agreement -- Sukjoon Yoon, The Diplomat

Tehran: Iran's Missile Strike Near US Troops in Syria Sent Washington a 'Signal' -- Sputnik

Iranian Maj. General Warns of Further Military Operations Against 'Terrorists' -- Sputnik

Watch S-300 launchers, interceptors & radars unloaded in Syria after Il-20 downing (VIDEO) -- RT

Israel Won't Stop Ops in Syria Despite S-300 Delivery - Defense Minister -- Sputnik

Russia’s High-Precision Strike Capabilities and 'Pre-Nuclear' Deterrence -- Eurasia Daily Monitor

New MiG-31 Interceptor Roles May Include Fighting Sats -- Aviation Week

Russia to Test Fire RS-28 Sarmat ICBM in Early 2019 -- Franz-Stefan Gady, Diplomat

Russian defense contractor to present project of advanced multiple rocket launcher -- TASS

Russia, India to sign deal on S-400 air defence systems this week: Kremlin -- AFP

T-14 Armata in the Spotlight as Indian Army Chief Visits Russia -- Sputnik

Blame a Spark Plug for U.S.-Japan Missile Failure -- Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg

China conducts further tests with hypersonic vehicles -- Jane's 360

China Versus the U.S. In Orbital Space -- Sue Ghosh Stricklett, RCD

Naval Group: Talks with Australia still underway for sub buy -- Defense News

NATO is gearing up for its largest war games since the Cold War in a huge show of force -- Business Insider

NATO ambassador clarifies: 'I was not talking about preemptively striking Russia' -- Washington Examiner

Fast track to spy plane training opens for Air Force student pilots -- Stars and Stripes

F-35 Hourly Flying Costs Plunge $12K; Turkey Still Getting 100 F-35s -- Breaking Defense

Expanded Marine rotational force deploys to Norway -- UPI

Marines Could Soon Opt for Lighter Body Armor on Some Missions -- Military.com

How the Marines, Army are counting ‘out-the-door-now’ troops and increasing small-unit readiness -- Marine Times

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Oct. 1, 2018 -- USNI

Truman Carrier Strike Group Leveraging Unusual Deployment to Work on Undersea Warfare, Strengthen Northern NATO Partnerships -- USNI

Run Silent, Run Shallow -- US Naval Institute

Raytheon receives contract for new AEGIS radars -- UPI

Army Working to Fill Air-and-Missile Defense Gaps -- National Defense

The Army is working toward a cyber domain doctrine -- Fifth Domain

How the Army's M16 Keeps Evolving (And Killing America's Enemies) -- National Interest

Defense Secretary Mattis and the Navy’s top officer targeted in suspected ricin mail attack at Pentagon -- Military.com

America's Military Is Losing Its Counterinsurgency Operations Capabilities -- Adam Wunische, National Interest

The Bargains The Air Force Is Getting From Boeing And Northrop Could Backfire -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Spend Defense Dollars Both to Increase Quantity and Improve Quality -- Jerry Hendrix, National Review

US Military on Standby to Evacuate Consulate in Iraq Amid Threats from Iran -- Military.com