Thursday, February 6, 2020

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 6, 2020

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, supervises his squad as they provide over watch security at the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 3, 2019. (Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/Marine Corps)

Neta C. Crawford, Military Times: The Iraq War has cost the US nearly $2 trillion

Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1.922 trillion in current dollars.

This figure includes not only funding appropriated to the Pentagon explicitly for the war, but spending on Iraq by the State Department, the care of Iraq War veterans and interest on debt incurred to fund 16 years of U.S. military involvement in the country.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 6, 2020

Iraq Considers Deepening Military Ties With Russia -- The New York Times

Not a break, but fissures in US-Iraqi military alliance -- AP

Pentagon to provide military installations near 11 major airports for coronavirus quarantine -- The Hill

Leidos nabs $7.7B deal to provide network support to Navy -- UPI

40 companies net up to $982.1M for Navy's drone vessel program -- UPI

Navy jet damaged in mid-air refueling mishap -- Navy Times

Boeing delivers first modified F/A-18 Super Hornet to Navy -- UPI

Navy’s Unmanned Growler Is a Look at War’s Future -- Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics

Legacy USAF Fighters, Bombers Are on the Chopping Block -- Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy

MDA taps industry to build interceptor to defend against hypersonic threats -- Defense News

U.S. Missile Defense Woefully Prepared for 21st Century Threats -- RCD

To Defeat Hypersonic Weapons, Pentagon Aims To Build Vast Space Sensor Layer -- Forbes

SOCOM Announces Plans to Buy 75 ‘Armed Overwatch’ Planes -- Air Force Magazine

Morale Is in Trouble at Some Army Bases. Here’s What the Service Plans to Do About It -- Military.com

US Army Seeks Technology That Would Allow Soldiers to See Through Walls -- Sputnik

US Army wants to expand pre-positioned stock in Pacific -- Defense News

Former CIA chief: Not 'right' for Haspel to applaud at State of the Union -- The Hill

First 2020 Minuteman III Test Launches As New START Countdown Begins -- Breaking Defense

Trump’s Bid to Go Big on Nuclear Arms Looks Like a Fizzle -- Steven Pifer, Defense One

SecDef Eyeing Moving Billions By Eliminating Offices, Legacy Systems -- Breaking Defense

BREAKING: Report Finds U.S. Defense Industrial Base in Decline -- National Defense

Here’s how much money the Pentagon found through internal savings — and where it’s going -- Defense News

NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down -- New York Times

2nd Fleet, NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk Seek Further Integration of Allied Navies -- USNI News

Germany, France plot new steps for trinational fighter jet — but what about Spain? -- Defense News

Japan’s next-gen fighter progress responds to China’s fifth-gen evolution -- Defence Connect

China in the Levant -- John Toolan Jr., John Bird & Harry Hoshovsky, RCD

Russia’s modernized Tu-160M nuclear-capable bomber takes to the skies for the 1st time (VIDEO) -- RT

Israel finds an AI system to help fight in cities -- C5ISRNet

This brutal World War II battle holds lessons for future Pacific fights -- Todd South, Army Times

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Iowa caucus cock-up has broken out into a blazing dumpster fire. On Thursday, three days after the caucuses, the results are not still complete,

The incompetent Democrat Party.

No INTELLIGENCE there.

None
Nada
Zip
Zero
Nyet
Nein

Anonymous said...

Lunatic on ASU Campus Threatens MAGA: 'Slash His Throat and Every Republican'


Lunatic on ASU Campus Threatens MAGA: 'Slash His Throat and Every Republican'

Anonymous said...


Witness Murdered After New York Law Revealed His Identity in MS-13 Trial


"A violent crime victim ready to testify against MS-13 Gang members in Long Island, New York, has been murdered after Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) latest jailbreak law forced witness names to be revealed to the defense in the criminal case."

Democrats & Illegal Criminals: A Love Story

Cuomo is a putz.

Anonymous said...

New Yorkers Blocked from Fast-Track Travel Programs After Cuomo Bans DHS from Verifying State ID Records

www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/new-yorkers-blocked-from-fast-track-travel-programs-after-cuomo-bans-dhs-from-verifying-state-id-records/

Anonymous said...

Joe Biden's brother Frank owes dead man's family $1 MILLION for 80mph car crash - but has never paid a cent in 20 years and the Democratic candidate did NOTHING to help

Now the usual rule is to go to your Congressional Representative, if the bureaucracy is not working.

But if your Congressional Representative or Senator is related to the person you need help with?