Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 18, 2020

The guided-missile destroyer USS 'Barry' conducts a replenishment at sea training exercise with USS 'Ronald Reagan' in late May. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Samuel Hardgrove

Forbes: Three U.S. Navy Flattops Sail Toward China As War Of Words Escalates

On April 3, a Chinese ship rammed and sank a Vietnamese fishing boat in the disputed waters of the resource-rich South China Sea.

Around the same time, China declared two archipelagos in the area as its own administrative districts, drawing a protest from Vietnam's foreign ministry.

Meanwhile, Beijing announced it had established new “research stations” on Fiery Cross Reef and Subi Reef, two of the roughly dozen major island bases it has built across the region in recent years.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 18, 2020

Three US Navy aircraft carriers are patrolling the Pacific Ocean at the same time. And China's not happy -- CNN

More Aircraft Carriers: The F-35B Is Revolutionizing The Navy's 'Harrier Carrier' Concept -- National Interest

Cost Estimates Questioned for New Navy Frigate -- National Defense

First Block III Super Hornets Deliver for Testing, As Navy Nears Final Decision Point on Future F/A-18 Buys -- USNI News

New Navy Secretary Wastes No Time In Calling Navy History To Arms -- Forbes

This is how the Air Force prevented a coronavirus outbreak at basic military training -- Military Times

US Marine Killed in Parachute Jumping Exercise at Georgia Base -- Sputnik

Tinder, Sailor, Hooker, Pimp: The U.S. Navy’s sex trafficking scandal in Bahrain -- Military Times

US Navy sailors' Bahrain sex-trafficking scandal exposed in new report -- FOX News

Esper has beef with the military’s entrance exam -- Military Times

US Senate Demands Answers on Ex-CIA Chief Pompeo's Secret Advisory Board -- Sputnik

Top Democrats introduce bill to stop Trump's Germany withdrawal -- The Hill

Prioritizing Security Over Speed in the New Space Race -- RCD

In Bid to Beat Russia and China, US Military Unveils New Space Strategy -- Military Times

Give Space Force Funding Flexibility -- Yasmin Tadjdeh, National Defense Magazine

Hypersonic Strike Systems Of United States -- South Front

B-52 Bombers Train With Japanese Fighters Over Sea of Japan -- Stars and Stripes

After NATO conference, no new nukes in Europe -- UPI

US State Dept. clears $600M deal with Ukraine for patrol boats, guns and sensors -- Defense News

Ukraine gets U.S. military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles -- Reuters

Ukraine Cleared To Buy 16 Of The U.S. Navy's Newest Patrol Boats -- Warzone/The Drive

The Cyclone chopper crash probe could lead the Canadian military to some uncomfortable conclusions -- CBC

The Royal Navy ‘Tested to the Limit’ in Baltic Exercise as Russia Flexes Muscles -- National Interest

Germany looks at buying new maritime patrol aircraft: document -- Reuters

NATO to Probe Incident of Turkey Preventing French Ships From Checking Cargo of Libya-Bound Vessel -- Sputnik

Turkey still blocking defence plan for Poland, Baltics, NATO envoys say -- Reuters

Report: North Korea troops detected at DMZ, disputed maritime border -- UPI

PLA reveals live-fire drill in eastern Tibet mountains as China-India border dispute claims at least 20 lives -- SCMP

Why conventional wisdom giving China the military edge over India may not be true -- Brad Lendon, CNN

China develops weapons to fry US electric grid, eyes high-tech ‘Pearl Harbor’ attack -- Washington Examiner

India’s defense industry is set to lose $3 billion from nationwide lockdown -- Defense News

Iran says it successfully tests new naval cruise missile -- Reuters