Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 5, 2019

Chinese guard in Tiananmen Square. IISS

Epoch Times: Defected Communist Spy Reveals Secrets of China’s Military and Intelligence Network

China’s military technology development is now on a fast track only because it has stolen a lot of trade secrets from the West, according to one former Chinese communist spy. This former spy, who has stolen key technologies for the Chinese navy, shares his knowledge about China’s military and intelligence network to remind everyone that the Chinese communist regime poses a threat to free, democratic countries.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 5, 2019

China tests missile – but here’s why it wasn’t a next-generation JL-3 -- SCMP

China launches four-stage rocket with satellites from Yellow Sea -- UPI

Is the U.S. Military Ready for a Suprise Attack by China? -- David Axe, National Post

US Air Force gears up for aggressor drills to simulate combat with China’s J-20 fifth-generation fighters -- SCMP

'Union Jack' returns to bows of U.S. Navy ships -- UPI

Ford-class combat system completes test, first carrier further delayed -- UPI

Army artillery is doubling range and fire rates, working on smaller rounds for attack helos and AI for targeting faster -- Army Times

Coming soon to the US Army: Combat-capable hypersonic and laser weapons -- Defense News

B-1 Lancer readiness is in the toilet, here’s why -- Stephen Losey, Air Force Times

Shanahan declines to punish senior officers in Niger ambush -- Politico

Space Command nominee says space is no longer a 'peaceful, benign domain' -- Stars and Stripes

Trump's Space Command nominee warns of 'substantial' set-up challenges -- The Hill

Here’s what the first few years of US Space Command might look like -- Defense News

House panel members butt heads over bill blocking low-yield nukes -- The Hill

Defense policy bill opens new partisan fight over America’s nuclear arsenal -- Defense News

Trump says he would have liked to join the military -- Military Times

Trump says bolstering military’s budget makes up for his draft deferment -- NYPost

Piers Morgan asks Trump how he can support LGBTQ rights and ban trans people from military -- The Hill

Wait Time for Burial at Arlington Can Be Nearly a Year: IG Report -- Military.com

Why does DARPA put so much online? -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

The Pentagon is defying Donald Trump to protect its bases from climate change -- ABC News Online

US senators seek to block Trump arms sales to Saudi Arabia -- Al Jazeera

Russian Su-35 carried out unsafe intercept of P-8A over Mediterranean Sea -- Alert 5

Russia denies unsafe encounter with U.S. military plane -- UPI

British military risks 'irrelevance' if it doesn't adapt to the future, Army head warns -- The Telegraph

In rare move, Pakistan military agrees to budget cut amid economic woes, PM says -- Reuters

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