Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 21, 2019

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test May 1 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The weapon comprises the land-launched leg of the U.S. nuclear triad that also includes assets fired from the air and sea. U.S. Air Force/Staff Sergeant Brittany E. N. Murphy

Defense One: HASC Chair on Mini-Nukes: ‘We’re Not Trying to Manage a Nuclear War’

House Democrats don’t want to fund variable-yield nukes. The new chairman just explained why.

A week after beating back a Republican effort to restore funding for a new low-yield nuclear warhead, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said he doesn’t buy the Pentagon’s notion that having a smaller nuke would help avoid defeat in certain war scenarios.

“We are not trying to figure out how to manage a nuclear war,” Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington, said Wednesday at National Defense University’s Countering WMD conference.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 21, 2019

House Committee Votes to Prohibit Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons on Submarines -- USNI News

A Closer Look at the Arguments against the Low-Yield SLBM -- Vincent Manzo, Defense One

Russia Keeps Asking U.S. to Agree to No Nuclear Weapons Use, but It's Not Getting Any Answer -- Newsweek

Blessed Be Thy Nuclear Weapons: The Rise of Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy -- Michael Kofman, War On The Rocks

Nuclear weapons and Iran's uranium — 4 things to know about one of the Iran deal's most important elements -- The Conversation

These are the 9 countries in the world that have the most nuclear warheads -- Business Insider

The US plan to train nuclear suicide bomber paratroopers -- We Are the Mighty

Exclusive: Trump warned Iran via Oman that U.S. attack was imminent, called for talks - Iranian officials -- Reuters

Trump says he did not give final approval for Iran strikes, no planes were in the air -- NBC

Iranian radars and missile batteries were proposed targets, military officials said -- Military Times/AP

Iran attack marks first known successful strike on high-flying Global Hawk drone -- Stars and Stripes

Trump and Bolton debate how to deal with Iran as Pompeo 'triangulates,' officials say -- CNN

Navy issues final request for next-generation frigate proposals -- UPI

Did F-35 Testing for Extreme Weather Conditions Fall Short? -- Military.com

Pentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35 -- Defense Daily

Stealth-Shmelth: China Says It Can Track F-35s Operating in Stealth Mode With New Radar -- Sputnik

Nearly 40 percent lighter body armor coming to Marines in 2020 -- Marine Times

Space Development Agency head exits just months into job -- Defense News

Legal bombshell explodes on SEAL war crimes trial -- Navy Times

Congress wants the US military to challenge Russia with a new Arctic port -- Defense News

Eighteen-nation BALTOPS exercise wraps up in Germany -- UPI

US military gets lost, ‘invades’ small Romanian village, blames the weather (VIDEO) -- RT

Canadian paratrooper killed, two US soldiers hurt during Bulgaria parachute jumps -- Stars and Stripes

U.S., Japanese military leaders address growing 'number of challenges' -- UPI

Japan scrambles jets to counter Russian bombers in its airspace -- UPI

Indian Navy Deploys Personnel Aboard its Oil Tankers Amid US-Iran Escalation - Report -- Sputnik

Canada must prepare to defend itself in an increasingly 'volatile' world, says new military personnel chief -- CBC

Satellite image shows Chinese fighter planes on contested South China Sea island -- UPI

Be on alert for external ‘hostile forces’, Chinese security chief warns cadres -- SCMP

GE to build F/A-18 engines for Kuwait, U.S. Navy -- UPI

Dead by their own hands: Why the Germans scuttled a fleet -- Mark T. Simmons, Military Times