Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 26, 2019

CNBC: Russia threatens military response to any NATO action over nuclear-ready missile

* NATO has said Russia’s SSC-8 missile violates terms of a 1987 missile treaty.
* The alliance has said it will act to mitigate the Russian threat.
* Russia has in turn said it would take “countervailing military measures.”

Moscow has said it will take “countervailing military measures” should NATO fulfil any threat related to Russia’s nuclear-ready cruise missile system.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that Russia must dismantle the short-range system, or the alliance will be forced to respond, adding that NATO-member defense ministers would now look at next steps “in the event that Russia does not comply.”

No detail is yet known over what NATO might do although Stoltenberg said the alliance would not engage in any arms race.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 26, 2019

NATO gives Russia 5 weeks to destroy missiles violating INF Treaty -- UPI

NATO chief threatens response if Russia doesn’t comply with nuclear treaty -- Defense News

Russian Federation Council to Discuss Withdrawal from INF Treaty on Wednesday -- Sputnik

Russia Shows Off New Military Technology at 2019 Army Forum, in Photos -- Moscow Times

Russian Military Aware of Preparations for Info Warfare Against Top Brass - MoD -- Sputnik

Russia says plane in Venezuela carried rotation of military specialists: TASS -- Reuters

Russia Launches Military Drills Due to U.S.-Iran Tensions and Trump Sending Troops Near Border, Expert Says -- Newsweek

Leadership changes could test durability of US Army’s modernization overhaul -- Defense News

More U.S. Navy Personnel Deployed to Middle East Than Anywhere Else -- USNI News

Navy eyes shipyard in Philippines as repair and maintenance facility -- Stars and Stripes

As US Navy orders more P-8A Poseidon surveillance planes, Orion squadron flies final mission -- Defense Post

Congress Wants the Navy to Prove it Can Fight Off Enemy Drone, Boat Swarms -- Military.com

US Senate panel advances bill to restrict emergency arms sales -- The Hill

Top Democrats demand State Department's legal analysis on potential Iran military action -- The Hill

Navy Pilot Recounts The Secret Stalking Of North Korea's Missile Laden Cargo Ship So San -- Warzone/The Drive

The Navy Would Love to 'Sink' The Littoral Combat Ship. Here's Why. -- The National/Task & Purpose

Is the Air Force Serious about Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance? -- Robert Stiegel, War On The Rocks

Trade deal with China or not, the US must bolster Taiwan’s defense -- Bradley Bowman and Mikhael Smits, Defense News

Trump reassures Tokyo he will stick with security pact: Japan government -- Reuters

President Donald Trump bestows Medal of Honor on David Bellavia, the first living Iraq War recipient -- Military Times

Prosecution rests in SEAL Eddie Gallagher's military murder trial -- CNN

Defense To Present Testimony in Navy SEAL Murder Case -- Military.com/AP

Graves of 30 US Servicemen Found on Pacific WWII Battlefield -- Military.com/AP

Canada's military feeling the strain responding to climate change -- CBC

Canadian military allows F-35 to be promoted at fighter jet base in midst of $19B competition -- National Post

U.K. Confirms Joint F-35 Jet Fighter Exercise With Israel for First Time -- Haaretz

France's New Fighter Jet Has 1 Thing In Common with the F-35 -- National Interest

Eurofighter crash leads to calls to end military exercises -- DW

'We'll Do What's In Our National Interest' - Indian Minister on Sanctions Over S-400 Sale -- Sputnik

We Don’t Need Airstrikes to Restore Deterrence in the Strait of Hormuz -- Defense One