Thursday, June 13, 2019

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 13, 2019

A map showing the approximate location of the two ships which were seemingly attacked in the Gulf of Oman today in the latest Middle East flashpoint

USNI News: U.S. Destroyer Responding to Distress Calls in the Gulf of Oman Amidst Reports of Attacks

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer is responding to two distress calls amidst reports two oil tankers have come under attack in the Gulf of Oman.

USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) is providing assistance to ships that had called U.S. 5th Fleet for help, spokesperson Cmdr. Joshua Frey told USNI News on Thursday morning.

“We are aware of the reported attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. Naval Forces in the region received two separate distress calls at 6:12 a.m. local time and a second one at 7:00 a.m.,” Frey said in a Thursday statement to USNI News.
“U.S. Navy ships are in the area and are rendering assistance.”

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 13, 2019

Tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman, US Navy assisting -- AP

U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet Aids Tankers After ‘Torpedo Attack’ in Oman Sea -- Breitbart

Attack on ships in Gulf of Oman occurred near Iran's Jask navy base -- Jerusalem Post

Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea (Video) -- BBC

As Polar Ice Cap Recedes, The U.S. Navy Looks North -- NPR

HII awarded $687M to modernize, maintain USS Gerald R. Ford -- UPI

Northrop Grumman awarded $958M contract for radar system -- C4ISRNet

US House panel approves $733B defense policy bill -- The Hill

House panel advances $733B defense budget bill over GOP objections -- Defense News

US House panel shoots down funding, deployment of low-yield nukes in defense bill -- The Hill

‘Space Corps’ gets OK in House committee’s NDAA markup -- Defense News

US House panel OKs space military branch -- The Hill

Trump unveils historic change for next Air Force One -- UPI

Trump unveils plans for Air Force One redesign -- NYPost

GOP chairman dismisses 'phony' report of Trump second guessing Shanahan nomination -- The Hill

Every day the intel community has more questions. Is the cloud an answer? -- Andrew Eversden, C4ISRNet

How the 5G network could benefit the military -- Tech Radar

AP Interview: Navy’s top admiral discusses war college probe -- AP

Trump and Polish President sign new defense agreement -- CNN

It’s not ‘Fort Trump,’ but a US division headquarters heading to Poland -- Military Times

US to Deploy Reconnaissance Squadron of MQ-9 Reaper Drones in Poland - Joint Declaration -- Sputnik

Heckler & Koch — maker of the Marine Corps M27 — is in dire straits -- Military Times

Report: The U.S. Military Emits More CO2 Than Many Industrialized Nations [Infographic] -- Forbes

The US Military Emits More Carbon than Sweden -- Defense One

DoD needs to do more to deal with climate change impact on bases says new report -- Military Times

AFRICOM commander sees recent signs of progress in Somalia -- Stars and Stripes

USS Ronald Reagan, Japanese carrier conduct joint exercise in South China Sea -- UPI

Spain’s military still has eyes for the F-35 despite European fighter push -- Defense News

US Warns India's Purchase of Russian S-400 Could Impact Future Joint Defence Deals -- Sputnik

India Seeks Russian Missiles, Launchers Worth $1.3 bn in Wake of Dogfight With Pakistan -- Sputnik

India to launch a defense-based space research agency -- Defense News

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has no role to play in territorial disputes, Beijing says -- SCMP

Canada's top military general needs to resign -- Bruce Moncur, Rabble