Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 19, 2020

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Sputnik: Redeployment of US Nukes to Poland Would Be Direct Violation of Russia-NATO Agreement, Lavrov Warns

Russian officials have already repeatedly warned in the past that its Eastern European neighbours' decision to host US-made strategic systems, including components of America's Aegis Ashore missile defence system, make them targets for Russia's strategic nuclear response in the event of a war.

The redeployment of US nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland would be a direct violation of the Russia-NATO founding act of 1997, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 19, 2020

US nukes in Poland are a truly bad idea -- Steven Pifer, Brookings

US rhetoric about nuclear arms in Europe harms Russia-NATO relations — diplomat -- TASS

Pentagon weighs 2 options for lifting troop travel restrictions -- Politico

First coronavirus death in three weeks, DoD reports -- Military Times

Army 4-star will co-lead Manhattan Project-style effort to create and distribute COVID-19 vaccine -- Army Times

Army general tasked to help lead race for coronavirus vaccine has history of success with logistics -- FOX News

Navy ‘cautiously optimistic’ it will reach recruiting goals this year, despite COVID-19 challenges -- Navy Times

Thousands defer plans to leave the military during crisis -- Lolita C. Baldor, Military Times/The Associated Press

How COVID-19 shifted the way we support veterans -- Amy Palmer, Military Times

American progressives demand defense budget cuts amid coronavirus pandemic -- The Hill

Roosevelt carrier holds at-sea simulations as 13 sailors positive for COVID-19 again -- UPI

Coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier returning to sea -- The Hill

Navy sends subs to sea as message to China -- Star Advertiser

Navy P-8 With Secretive Radar Pod Surveils Massive Chinese Naval Base In South China Sea -- Warzone/The Drive

US Navy Looking at Options for New Training Jet -- Sea Power

BAE wins $26.7M contract for countermeasures system on KC-130J planes -- UPI

Northrop Grumman receives $2.4 billion for two missile defense satellites -- C4ISRNet

F-35 programme still lacking agility -- Flight Global

Setting Up The Space Force For Success -- Forbes

Navy ships improve attack with new multi-beam satellite antenna -- FOX News/Warrior Maven

Pentagon legislation aims to end dependence on China for rare earth minerals -- Defense News

Booz Allen Hamilton wins massive Pentagon artificial intelligence contract -- C4ISRNet

US Navy fires warship’s commanding officer -- Navy Times

Fired State Department IG probed Trump’s Saudi arms deals -- Defense News

Funding two military services — with the resources for one — risks both -- Col. Keith Zuegel (ret.), Defense News

US Navy, Marines Conduct Integrated Operations in Pacific -- The Diplomat

B1-B bombers return to European Theater -- American Military News

Military investigators begin search for answers to Snowbirds jet crash in B.C. and Greece -- National Post

Canadian military to get new sniper rifles -- Ottawa Citizen

NATO mine hunting exercise finds WWI, WWII mines in Latvian strait -- UPI

French Navy to start testing new aircraft carrier by 2036 -- Navy Recognition

Russian President Vladimir Putin Reveals How Moscow Created Unique High-Tech Weapons -- Sputnik

Russian military to combat coronavirus outbreak in Siberia -- UPI

Swedish Saab Receives Undisclosed $158 Mln Order for Early Warning System -- Sputnik

Study sees British defense sector hurting after Brexit -- Defense News

Royal Australian Navy commissions its Final Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney V -- Navy Recognition

Japan launches new unit to boost defense in space -- Defense News

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Redeployment of US Nukes to Poland Would Be Direct Violation of Russia-NATO Agreement, Lavrov Warns"

Who gives a flying fuck what the Russians want!

You can make valid arguments either about basing nukes in Poland.

Maybe Russia is getting the negotiating partner it deserves. People being people, there will be squabbles, bloodshed and internecine warfare in any country. But Russia had a hand in feeding disninformation to Chris Steel. which is all perfectly 'legal' spycraft.

If or when Democrats get control, maybe total control, they may try to dial it back and have the latest round of 'smart' diplomacy. But it may be lie a potlatch. Nancy Pelosi did say that the US should charge Russia for shipping 200 ventilators to Russia. TYhe octogenarian might still realize that sending those 200 ventilators is good diplomacy. She might know the concept of a gift economy (anthropology) and its need.

But she might get her base whipped up to such a froth that the cognitive dissonance of dialing it back with Russia would lead to the guillotine by her base. She would rather avoid that very near short term threat and rather court one with Russia.

Russia might admit that they fed disinformation to Christ Steel and let Chris, his British Handlers, his American conspirators and the Democrat Party take their deserved hit.

Flynn was going to shake up the intel community. He wrote a paper about Gulen, H 1B abuse, and the funding kick back from the visas holders to Gulen to the Clintons.

Then The Empire struck back and it was insinuated in a WSJ article that he conspired to kidnap Gulen. As a bad man it was okay to now take him out. Any truth t the article? Why no follow up. It is a serious charge. The Editorial page of the WSJ maybe conservative, but other ages are a box of chocolates.

The Russians might want to consider if they want to deal with Flynn and Trump or a basketfull of despicables like Hillary and the other reprobate liars.

All the Russians have to do is come clean with just the Steel Dossier.

Anonymous said...

If the intel community did what they did to Flynn, what might have the upper ranks have done before?


"There was not this official investigation into anything, but I’m forever now gonna be open to the possibility that they set George W. Bush up on weapons of mass destruction to embarrass him. They never were happy he won that election in 2000 after the Florida recount. You go back and look at various things that happened, you see them in a new light once you learn other things." - El Rushbo


The Russians have to make a choice. Do they want a stable nuclear power for a neighbor or one run by pathological liars and thieves like Obama and Hillary?


https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/05/08/the-ongoing-push-to-overthrow-trump-and-reverse-the-2016-election/