Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 23, 2020

U.S. soldiers stand amid damage at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020.

FOX News: US 'likely' to deploy anti-missile system to protect American troops in Iraq

The Pentagon is likely deploying a missile-defense system to Iraq in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on an Iraqi base housing American troops earlier this month, U.S. defense officials tell Fox News.

The move comes after U.S. troops were sent to a medical facility in Germany after complaining of head injuries following the Iranian missile attack.

Eleven U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq late last week for treatment out of an “abundance of caution,” according to a spokesman for American forces in the Middle East.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 23, 2020

Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans: U.S. envoy -- Reuters

Pentagon offers few details on troops' injuries in Iranian strike after Trump describes them as 'not very serious' -- The Hill

Iran Is Weaker Than The U.S. Military, But Tehran Won't Go Down Easy -- National Interest

Iran’s Reserve of Last Resort: Uncovering the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Order of Battle. -- Fred Kagan, RCD/AEI

How Iran’s military outsources its cyberthreat forces -- Times of Israel

US forces in Iraq are facing more attacks from Shiite militias than ISIS, commander says -- Task & Purpose

Marine Raiders led counterattack against al-Shabab militants at Manda Bay, Kenya -- Marine Times

US Military Annual Aircraft Replacement Costs to Nearly Double to $44Bln by 2038 -- Sputnik

355 Ships? Acting Navy Secretary Readies To Defend Tight Budget -- Braking Defense

Why Did the Navy Build Super Aircraft Carriers Instead of a Lot of Medium Ones? -- National Interest

Congress should fund new, not used sealift vessels, say former Maritime Administration officials -- Defense News

US Navy To Revive Flak Cannons To Combat Drone Attacks -- Zero Hedge

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Navy Debates: Is a Robotic Ship a Ship? -- National Defense

Northrup Grumman awarded $217.2M for BACN payload support -- UPI

US MDA identifies Kauai military site for $1.9bn defence radar -- Army Technology

DARPA just took a big step towards turning a C-130 into a flying drone carrier -- Task & Purpose

In nuclear spending fight, it’s Trump allies vs. White House budget office -- Defense News

Amazon battles Microsoft over military cloud -- BBC

US Bombers With Nuclear Cruise Capability Deployed to Indian Ocean Amid Iran Tensions - Reports -- Sputnik

Esper’s balancing act in Pensacola: showing support after shooting while encouraging training foreign allies -- Military Times

Esper says ‘no decisions’ have been finalized on AFRICOM changes -- Defense News

How AFRICOM plans to counter Russian, Chinese influence in Africa -- Military Times

Negotiations ‘almost complete’ on Poland’s buy of 32 F-35s, defense minister says -- Defense News

Turkish foreign minister calls for enlarged NATO, Georgia membership -- Reuters

Japan monitoring Seoul's 'response' amid Middle East deployment -- UPI

Chinese military aircraft fly close to Taiwan, island’s defence ministry says -- SCMP

Pakistan Tests Surface to Surface Ballistic Missiles, Capable of Delivering Nuclear Warheads -- Sputnik

‘A landmark achievement’: Pakistan test-launches new surface-to-surface ballistic missile (VIDEO) -- RT

The Future of Underwater Warfare in the Indo-Pacific -- H I Sutton & F. Gady, Diplomat