Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 29, 2019

Washington Examiner: US pushes to 'starve' Iranian military after Tehran rebuffs talks

U.S. officials imposed sanctions on two Iranian military technology networks, undermining the regime’s ballistic missile supply chain days after Tehran rebuffed talks with President Trump.

“The United States will continue to increase pressure on the Iranian regime until it changes its behavior,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday evening.

That’s a reassuring message for Iran hawks who worried that Trump’s open-minded comment about offering Iran a “letter of credit” might foreshadow a softening of the maximum pressure campaign. European allies would welcome such a shift, but the Trump administration used the announcement as an opportunity to call for allies to tighten their own sanctions enforcement.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 29, 2019

US cyberattack brought down Iranian database used to target ships in Persian Gulf: reports -- FOX News

US hack attack hobbles Iran’s ability to target oil tankers, NYT says -- Ars Technica

Iran Has Secret Weapons That Could 'Punish the Enemies in the Furthest Points,' General Claims -- Newsweek

Trump: US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after Taliban deal -- The Hill

It’s too early to discuss pulling out all US troops from Afghanistan, says Joint Chiefs chairman -- Military Times/AP

Top general says 'disruption to status quo' needed in Afghanistan -- The Hill

Upgraded Patriot-3 Intercepts Cruise Missile at Record Distance - Lockheed Martin -- Sputnik

US Stealth Bomber Arrives in Iceland Amid Washington's Efforts to Expand Military Presence in the Area -- Sputnik

US Army picks 3 teams to build Infantry Squad Vehicle prototypes -- Defense News

Army Spending Millions To Trial Three Light Tactical Vehicles Including One It Already Uses -- Warzone/The Drive

U.S. Army aims to get long-range hypersonic weapon prototype by 2023 -- Defence Blog

U.S. Army’s newest helicopter self-protection system starts its operational test -- Defence Blog

Defense secretary declines to speculate whether the military is going to build the border wall itself -- Military Times

Trump administration policy alters automatic citizenship for some children of US military, government workers -- USA Today

SPACECOM is a go: Newest combatant command signed into existence -- Defense News

Trump launches Space Command as 11th combatant command -- The Hill

US Military Eyes Strategic Value of Earth-Moon Space -- Space.com

Scrapped intelligence pact draws United States into deepening South Korea-Japan dispute -- Reuters

Lockheed to build F-35 maintenance, repair facility for Japanese fleet -- UPI

US warplane flies along dividing line between mainland China and Taiwan -- SCMP

US, UK Spy Planes Tracked Near Russian Borders in Black Sea – Report -- Sputnik

Esper sets demand that might let Turkey rejoin F-35 program -- Defense News

How Poland plans to land an F-35 deal and ‘Fort Trump’ -- Defense News

Russia offers rocket engine tech as China’s Long March 5 struggles to get off the ground -- SCMP

Chinese military vehicles move across border into Hong Kong in 'routine rotation' -- National Post/Reuters

North Korea: Weapons like 'active volcano' that could set countries 'on fire' -- UPI

Pakistan Test Fires Ghaznavi Ballistic Missile Successfully- Video -- Sputnik