Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 7, 2019

The show of force on 13 September, day three of the “active phase” of VOSTOK 2018 which included live-fire exercises, was more a carefully orchestrated military demonstration than a real military exercise. © News X

NATO Review: VOSTOK 2018: Ten years of Russian strategic exercises and warfare preparation

The visibility, scale and scope of Russian military exercises have been a focus of Western media and specialist literature since 2014. Russia conducted VOSTOK 2018, the latest iteration of its annual strategic exercises, from early July to 17 September 2018. VOSTOK (meaning ‘East’) is part of a system of strategic exercises that the Russian Armed Forces have been developing since 2009. It is one of the four named annual strategic exercises conducted on a rotating basis among four of Russia’s five military districts1. These visible events represent a small fraction of what is a whole-of-government and nationwide Russian effort to develop the ability to conduct large-scale conflict on short notice against a major military power and to influence potential adversaries.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 7, 2019

US military personnel deployed to Gabon as neighboring Congo delays announcing presidential election results -- AP

Google Artificial Intelligence Specialists May Help Military Pilots Breathe Better -- Defense Tech

Navy's F-35C on Track to Be Combat Ready Next Month -- Defense Tech/Military.com

Study This Picture: This Could Be the Army's New Future Infantry Fighting -- National Interest

Four Problems Army Futures Command Needs to Solve -- James Long, Modern War Institute

Light, Mobile, and Many: Rethinking the Future of Armor -- Brandon Morgan, Modern War Insititute

After Falling Short, U.S. Army Gets Creative With New Recruiting Strategy -- NPR

NSA will release a free tool for reverse engineering malware -- Endgadget

Under Haspel, more agency vets and women take top posts at CIA -- CBS News

Here’s what the battlefield tech industry predicts for 2019 -- Mike Gruss, C4ISRNet

Pentagon Seeks a List of Ethical Principles for Using AI in War -- Defense One

Trump says Jim Webb is not under consideration for Defense secretary -- The Hill

The top three Pentagon officials are ‘acting’ in their jobs. Does that matter? -- Aaron Mehta, Defense News  

Democrats Are Wrong About Defense Spending -- Reihan Salam, The Atlantic

Former Defense Secretary Harold Brown, who guided military during Carter administration, dies at 91 -- NBC

Has the United States Lost Command of the Sea? -- US Naval Institute

Dangerous war of words: Potshots from Trump, retired generals erode carefully drawn line -- Ben Wolfgang, The Washington Times

US Navy sends first ship into Black Sea since Russian seizure -- Stars and Stripes

The Big Guns: NATO's 5 Deadliest Rocket Artillery Systems -- National Interest

Fill the Cracks in NATO’s Maritime Strategy -- Defense One

Germany to Kick Off Jet Training Flights Over Estonia Next Week - Statement -- Sputnik

Deal to buy used Australian fighter jets finalized, with Canadian Forces set to be flying them by summer -- Ottawa citizen

Hackers Wanted: Canadian Intelligence Service is Hiring -- Sputnik

Japan's East China Sea Nightmare: Too Many Chinese Fighter Jets and Warships to Counter -- National Interest

Russia to Deploy Precision Strike Missiles in Western Atlantic -- Washington Free Beacon

Upgraded Russian ‘Backfire-C’ long-range bomber makes maiden flight -- Jane's 360

Iran says it will send warships into the Atlantic Ocean, challenging the US by pushing closer to American waters -- Business Insider

Iran plans naval drills with Russia in Caspian Sea -- Reuters

Israeli Security As the U.S. Leaves Syria -- Jacob Nagel & Jonathan Schanzer, RCD

Saudi Arabia gets US missile defense boost despite Khashoggi uproar -- Al-Monitor

World War 3: Hypersonic weapons pose real “challenge” to world peace, says expert -- Express

Lift-off for China-US rivalry over space’s new frontiers -- SCMP/AFP