Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 30, 2018

Russia’s missile arsenal (graphic by CSIS)

Matthew Costlow, Breaking Defense: No, Trump Has Not Started a Nuclear Arms Race With INF Pullout

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States a new arms race would provoke a “quick and effective” Russian response and threatened NATO’s members. Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives predict an increased risk of “an unconstrained nuclear arms race.”

Is it true? Has President Trump fired the first shot in a Cold War-style nuclear arms race by withdrawing from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)? Evidence from the Cold War and after indicates the answer is: likely not.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 30, 2018

RIP INF: The End of a Landmark Treaty -- Steven Pifer, National Interest

After INF, is New START next to go? -- Steven Pifer, Brookings

US Budgets $22.1Bln for Military Intelligence Programs in 2018 – Pentagon -- Sputnik

Pentagon’s big audit will inspect for cybersecurity flaws, comptroller says -- Fifth Domain

Fiscal 2019 Could Be 'High-Water Mark' of US Defense Spending -- NextGov

US Army’s modernization efforts foster boom in US-foreign partnerships -- Defense News

Army Serious About Fielding 6.8 Caliber Round -- National Defense

US Launches Global Military Exercises for Strategic Nuclear Forces -- Sputnik

Politicos are pushing to rebuild Tyndall, but should the Air Force bother? -- Defense News

Air Force receives its largest ordnance shipment in Europe since Cold War -- Stars and Stripes

CRS assesses possible three-carrier buy for US fleet -- Jane's 360

Question for the Navy: Is It Time to Build Stealth 'AIP' Submarines? -- Robert Farley, National Interest

Boeing predicts $60 billion return on costly bid for military contracts -- Washington Examiner

The Pentagon’s Getting More Secretive — and It’s Hurting National Security -- Rep. Adam Smith, Defense One

Defence firms see only hundreds of new US jobs from Saudi deal -- Al Jazeera

Will EU stop arms sales to Saudi in wake of Khashoggi killing? -- Al Jazeera

US, Japan Launch Military Exercise ‘Keen Sword’ to Test Combat Readiness - Navy -- Sputnik

US and South Korea Pursue Readiness Without Big Exercises -- Air Force Magazine

New Russian owl drone will hunt tanks in northern warfare -- C4ISRNet

WATCH Footage of Admiral Kuznetsov’s Dry Dock Submerged -- Sputnik

Sunken floating dock in Murmansk will take at least six months to recover — source -- TASS

Strategy on ice: Has Russia already won the scramble for the Arctic? -- European Council on Foreign Relations

Russia loans Cuba $50M to buy military equipment as Cuban leader set to meet Putin -- FOX News

In a first, the PLA moved troops overseas via Hong Kong -- Asia Times

Japan developing supersonic glide bombs to defend remote islands also claimed by China -- Stars and Stripes

With Russia in its crosshairs, Canada moves to buy a sub hunter -- Defense News

UK MoD gets budget boost of more than $1B with three programs in mind -- Defense News

Panel: NATO, EU Need Major Changes in Operations, Infrastructure to Deter Russian Aggression -- USNI News

NATO war games: Technology changing strategies -- Al Jazeera

Forget Russia: Is Finland the Hybrid Warfare Champion? -- Michael Peck, National Interest

NATO Is in the Middle of an Expensive and Dangerous Military Exercise. Here’s Why Those War Games Are Worth It -- James Stavridis, Times

Did US drones swarm a Russian base? Probably not, but that capability isn’t far off. -- Kyle Rempfer, Military Times

This Is Why The Pentagon Could Never Build A Death Star -- Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose