Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 11, 2019

AFP: S. Korea's army says will cut force by 100,000 in three years

South Korea's Army said Friday it will cut its force by 100,000 in the next three years in the face of a shrinking population.

Seoul, a key Washington ally, conscripts able-bodied men for two years of service to defend the country from the nuclear-armed North and its much larger army, which invaded the South in 1950 backed by communist allies China and the Soviet Union.

The war ended three years later in an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the South and North technically at war and the peninsula divided along the Demilitarized Zone.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 11, 2019

S. Korean army to curtail forces by 100K amid shrinking population -- UPI

South Korea to buy 20 more F-35 jets -- Defense News

New Philippines military chief sees no ‘shooting war’ in South China Sea despite disputes -- SCMP

US to send more forces to Saudi Arabia despite Trump’s pledge to reduce Middle East presence -- CNBC

US to deploy additional troops, aircraft, missile systems to Saudi Arabia -- The Hill

The Navy Just Patented a Compact Fusion Reactor, but Will It Work? -- Extreme Tech

Is The U.S. Navy Planning To Put Hypersonic Missiles On Submarines? -- National Interest

The Navy named its next warship after this city -- Navy times

The Marines Are Changing the Way They Do Business -- Popular Mechanics

Air Force reactivates squadron for B-21 bomber testing -- UPI

The First Pilotless Black Hawk Will Soon Take Flight -- Military.com

U.S. Air Force hits all 2019 recruitment goals -- UPI

The US Army let hundreds of soldiers rejoin the service after being kicked out for 'adverse reasons' -- Task & Purpose

An Army Green Beret who braved enemy fire to rescue teammates in Afghanistan is receiving the Medal of Honor -- Business Insider

This Soldier Amputated His Own Leg to Help Save His Comrades When Their Tank Crashed -- Military.com

Explained: Why No One Can Stop the U.S. Army in a War -- Michael Peck, National Interest

Why Bringing Back the Draft Could Stop America’s Forever Wars -- Elliot Ackerman, Time

Poland, U.S. celebrate new U.S. Army division headquarters in Poland -- UPI

Pentagon calls on Turkey to halt Syria offensive -- The Hill

Norway suspends arms sales to Turkey over Syria invasion -- The Hill

Attempts to Create Tensions at Russian Borders Not Welcome - Putin on NATO Drills -- Sputnik

Iran Unveils Plans to Create Gunboats Capable of Sailing 185 km/h Amid Simmering Gulf Tensions -- Sputnik

Saudi women allowed to join military in latest ease on restrictions -- Al Jazeera

Peru Unrest Alters Deployed Marines' Training Plans -- Military.com

Almost 90 Percent of the Entire Venezuelan Armed Forces Don’t Support the Current Military Leadership -- Dialogo