Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 17, 2019

U.S. soldiers fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during an exercise in Kuwait. Army Sgt. Bill Boecker

Defense One: Army Secretary Reveals Weapons Wishlist for War with China & Russia

Army Secretary Mark Esper says he wants to shift money away from light vehicles and cargo helicopters made for “different conflicts” of the past.

U.S. Army leaders revealed Tuesday that they are briefing top military commanders about new weapons being built specifically for “high-intensity conflict” against China and Russia, in a new effort to assure that they could provide vital firepower for those potential battlefields of the future.

Army Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to shift some money away from vehicles and aircraft more suited for conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and into “what I need to penetrate Russian or Chinese air defenses.”

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 17, 2019

The Army wants to give soldiers new ‘suicide drones’ to take out enemy and light vehicles -- Army Times

The Army admits that its brand new JLTV was designed for the last war -- Task & Purpose/Military.com

The Army has a plan for China, and it’s bad news for JLTV and the Chinook -- Defense News

The Army's Apache Helicopters Have a Big Problem -- National Interest

USS Fitzgerald leaves dry dock nearly two years after fatal collision -- Stars and Stripes

Navy admiral wants better training simulators for sailors in response to deadly ship collisions -- Stars and Stripes

Here’s the new helmet that SOCOM operators will take into battle -- Military Times

Bell V-280 flies with system that can see through aircraft -- Defense News

Two lawmakers raise alarms about new Space Development Agency -- Defense News

Former top CIA official warns that U.S. intel faces "moment of reckoning" after 2016 failure -- CBS News

Shanahan Launches New Task Force on Military Sexual Assault -- Military.com

Trauma care is going digital in Afghanistan, hopefully saving lives — and paperwork -- Air Force Times

Raytheon awarded $12.1M for AIM-9X tactical missiles for U.S., allies -- UPI

Revealed: The U.S. military's 36 code-named operations in Africa -- Yahoo News

A glimpse of deployments to come? Largest bomber rotation since start of Iraq War comes home -- Air Force Times

Poland close to establishing US military base president joked would be called 'Fort Trump': report -- The Hill

Major US Army Exercise to Focus on South China Sea -- The Diplomat

Inside Sweden's re-established military unit on Gotland -- The Local/AFP

Ankara Won't Allow Questioning Its NATO Status Over S-400s – Official -- Sputnik

Turkish defense minister had 'constructive' U.S. talks: Anadolu -- Defense News

Russia to build 1st helicopter carrier based on Ivan Gren warship by 2024 -- TASS

Russia launches R&D work on fifth-generation submarine -- TASS

Occupational hazards: The Russian military in Crimea -- European council on Foreign Relations

Russia’s Fast-Growing ‘Youth Army’ Aims to Breed Loyalty to the Fatherland -- Moscow Times

Russia completes deliveries of Su-35 fighter jets to China -- TASS

China Unveils 'Marine Lizard' Amphibious Assault Drone Amid S China Sea Tensions -- Sputnik

Kim Jong Un makes surprise visit to North Korea air force unit -- UPI

Kim Jong Un praises army’s “readiness” following impromptu air combat exercise -- NK News

Israel military exports were $7.5 billion in 2018, down 18% -- Miami Herald/AP

Naval Forces Worldwide Test Anti-Torpedo Interception Systems -- Sputnik

7 pranks that can only be done in the military -- Business Insider/We Are The Mighty