Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 3, 2019

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, front, and the guided-missile cruisers USS Philippine Sea and USS Gettysburg participate in a group sail. All three ships are part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group and are underway conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. Navy Visual News Service.Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Bash

Newsweek: Exclusive: On USS George H.W. Bush, Ship that Lost Crew to Suicide, 'Stress Comes From the Top Down'

As local and federal authorities launch investigations into the deaths of sailors from the Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. George H.W. Bush after a string of recent suicides, interviews with former crew members and an official Pentagon report from 2018 show a disconnect within the command climate between the lower enlisted and senior ranks.

An official survey obtained by Newsweek through the Freedom of Information Act and published here for the first time, details how roughly a third of the ship's entire crew perceived the command climate aboard the aircraft carrier in May 2018. The ship's current commanding officer, Navy Captain Sean R. Bailey, conducted the survey about four months after assuming command of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush from now-Rear Admiral Will Pennington in January 2018.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 3, 2019

Admiral: U.S. Needs More Ships in Europe to Counter Growing Russian Threats -- USNI News

Navy starts second round of Ghost Fleet Overload USV tests -- UPI

Berger: Marines Focused on China in Developing New Way to Fight in the Pacific -- USNI News

LCS fires ship-killing missile during ex-frigate Ford’s SINKEX -- Defense News

LCS Fires New Long-Range Missile, As Navy And Marine Corps Hammer Out New Force Plan -- Breaking Defense

US Air Force’s next-generation fighter inches forward with a new program head -- Defense News

Rethinking Air Superiority Acquisition in the United States -- Robert Farley, Diplomat

Here's what top defense contractors are offering the Army to replace its aging Bradley infantry fighting vehicles -- Business Insider

The Army Wants Killer Electromagnetic Pulse Artillery Shells -- National Interest

Faxon, Major Tool awarded $600M for next-gen area attack warhead -- UPI

You Can Buy This U.S. Navy High-Speed Riverine Assault Boat -- Warzone/The Drive

At least 22 paratroopers were injured after a nighttime military exercise went wrong at Camp Shelby -- CNN

U.S. military intensifies scrutiny on housing, issues ultimatum on health hazards -- Reuters

DARPA scoping the market for small satellite launchers -- Space News

Bring back the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency -- Rebecca Davis Gibbons, The Hill

The Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan -- New Republic

There's a new round of tensions between the US, NATO, and Russia, and that means there's a new battle brewing in the Atlantic -- Business Insider

Russia’s General Staff chief holds phone talks with new chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff -- TASS

Four years in Syria, Russia expands military base, eyes challenges ahead -- Al-Monitor

Guns, Butter, and Russia’s Enduring Military Power -- Moscow Times

China’s latest display of military might suggests its ‘nuclear triad’ is complete -- SCMP

China's 70th Anniversary Parade: Beijing Determined to Become Third Nuclear Superpower -- Sputnik

China stakes claim on unmanned warfare with National Day show of drone force -- SCMP

Glimpse of underwater drone ‘signals China is ramping up anti-submarine powers’ -- SCMP

Chinese troops apparently wore QR codes on their body armor in the massive 70th anniversary parade -- Business Insider

Pyongyang’s new sub-launched ballistic missile has 2,500 km range — Japan’s top brass -- TASS

Latvia relaunches ground vehicle competition following industry complaints -- Defense News

Top Israeli Intel Official: ‘We are Walking on Tiptoe’ After Russian Military Plane Downing -- Sputnik

Startrek, Stargate and the Israeli Army’s Other AI Projects -- Haaretz

Is Syria's military back in the driving seat? -- Kamal Alam, Middle East Eye

Iran’s Army Unveils New Military Gear -- Tasnim