Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 14, 2019

US escort ships in the Suez Canal were seen off the coast of Egypt earlier this year

Reuters: U.S. has 'no interest' in new conflict in Middle East: military

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East but will defend American interests including freedom of navigation, the U.S. military said on Thursday as it directed a destroyer to the scene of an attack in the Gulf of Oman.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement the destroyer USS Mason was en route to the scene of the attacks that damaged two tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier in the day. The destroyer USS Bainbridge remains in close contact with the damaged tanker M/V Kokuka Courageous and will tolerate no interference, the statement said.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 14, 2019

US releases video it says shows Iranian military recovering mine from oil tanker in Gulf of Oman -- ABC News Online

U.S. Releases Video of Alleged Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks -- USNI News

US blames Iran for tanker attacks, but holds off on a military response -- Military Times

How the US is inching closer to its next Middle East war -- Noah Weisbord, The Conversation

The Strait of Hormuz: The world's most important oil choke point -- DW

Air Force tests hypersonic weapon aboard B-52 for first time -- UPI

One of America's oldest bombers just took flight with the Air Force's newest hypersonic weapon for the first time -- Business Insider

KC-46 refueling system flaws will take years to fix and cost hundreds of millions, GAO says -- Air Force Times

US Hospital Ship Begins 5-Month Mission in the Americas -- Military.com/AP

The Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier teamed up with Japan's biggest warship for an exercise in the South China Sea -- Business Insider

New commander takes over Horn of Africa mission ahead of proposed US shift -- Stars and Stripes

General Dynamics CEO ‘alarmed’ by tech industry reaction to Pentagon -- Defense News

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

Not All Military Bases Plan for Warming, Watchdog Finds -- Scientific American

Wave of military rollover deaths heightens fears over equipment and training -- Washington Examiner

Man pleads guilty in $20 million scheme to sell phony Chinese-made military clothing -- Military Times/AP

It's time for Trump to clean out corruption in the military justice system -- Don Brown, FOX NEws

Court martial for Canada’s top military judge gets underway -- National Post/Canadian Press

Airbus agrees new contract for delayed A400M military transporter -- Reuters

Germany records significant drop in weapons exports in 2018 -- DW

There are Turkish jets in the Pentagon’s latest F-35 deal. Here’s why that’s not a big problem. -- Valerie Insinna, Defense News

What Turkey's S-400 missile deal with Russia means for Nato -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

U.S. and Europe should not rush to expel Turkey from NATO - analysis -- Ahval

Trump misses the real NATO success story -- Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner

A report from NATO’s front lines -- Michael E. O’Hanlon and Christopher Skaluba, Brookings

NATO and Russia: Maneuvers and countermaneuvers on the Baltic Sea -- DW

Russia warns NATO over US-Poland troop move -- DW

Kremlin Vows "Retaliatory Steps" Against "Aggressive" US Troop, Drone Build-up In Poland -- Zero Hedge

Report: Russia's Military Aircraft Industry Ready to Mass-Produce Su-57 -- The Diplomat

How the world is dealing with China’s military modernisation drive -- Suyash Desai, The Hindu

Ecuador gives US military permission to use Galapagos island as airfield -- The Independent

Two pilots killed in Vietnam military plane crash -- CNA/AFP

IAF: 'No survivors' from An-32 crash; 13 bodies, black box retrieved -- UPI