Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 21, 2020

An artist's conception of DARPA's previousl Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2). The Tactical Boost Glide vehicle is reportedly similar to this design. DARPA

Warzone/The Drive: Lockheed Job Listing Offers New Details About Long-Range Ground-Launched Hypersonic Weapon

The Operational Fires system is intended to be a tactical weapon for the Army and could help in clearing paths for follow-on air and missile strikes.

A Lockheed Martin job posting has offered new details about the design and development schedule of a tactical, ground-launched hypersonic weapon that the U.S. Army and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are working on together. The company won the contract to proceed to the third phase of this program, known as Operational Fires, or OpFires, two weeks ago.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 21, 2020

Russia claims edge as US lags in hypersonic weapons development -- Space Daily

Trump reprises NATO spending complaints at World Economic Forum -- FOX News

How The U.S. Navy’s Aging Sealift Fleet Could Lose America’s Next War In Eurasia -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

US Navy Hits 2019 Enlisted Sailor Retention Targets -- USNI News

Trump's 355-ship pledge complicates the Navy's budget dilemma -- Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill

Navy Expands Cross-Fleet Radar Targeting, Networks Weapons Attacks -- Warrior Maven

Special operations Marines to call for end of iconic machine gun: M2 'Ma Deuce' will soon be replaced -- Washington Examiner

Marines to Get New Lightweight Polymer Ammo for 'Ma Deuce' Machine Gun -- Military.com

Army To Navy: Hey, We Already Get Less $$ Than You -- Breaking Defense

US Space Command Has Passed First Combat Test, Officials Say -- Military.com

Hyten: Stop ‘studying the heck’ out of space systems and get to work -- Defense News

Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources -- Reuters

How a Military Cyber Operation to Disrupt Islamic State Spurred a Debate -- Wall Street Journal

Lawmakers push back at Pentagon's possible Africa drawdown -- The Hill

American military has grown averse to failure, US general says -- Washington Examiner

Why Lockheed Martin isn't worried about China launching tons of spacecrafts -- Yahoo

A US Army Stryker burst into flames in Poland during a show of strength against Russia -- Task & Purpose

Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot -- BBC

How the British Army’s ‘Snowflakes’ campaign achieved more with less -- Marketing Week

Azerbaijan, NATO discuss partnership -- Azernews

NATO’s Stoltenberg Boasts Alliance Now Has Drones Which Can Look Deep Into Russian Hinterland -- Sputnik

Morocco, NATO discuss military cooperation -- China.org.cn

Lukashenka Reshuffles Top Military Leadership, Appoints New Defense Minister -- RFE

Russia transports tanks to Syria amid new Syrian Army operation: photos -- AMN

Russian Navy ships, Japanese destroyer carry out joint maneuvering in drills -- TASS

Army Committed War Crimes, Not Genocide Against Rohingya: Myanmar Probe -- NDTV

Seoul mayor wants end of military drills to push joint Korean Olympic bid -- UPI

South Korea sending troops to Strait of Hormuz -- UPI

India Shortlists Firms to Build 6 Nuclear Conventional Submarines Worth $7 Bln -- Sputnik

How a NATO-Russia World War III Conflict Would Have Killed Us All -- Robert Farley, National Interest

The AI arms race is on - and china might take the lead -- Global Defense

Families at War, from 1917 to the Present -- Anthony King, War On The Rocks