Monday, July 20, 2020

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 20, 2020



Firefighting boats spray water onto the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard as smoke rises from a fire onboard the ship at Naval Base San Diego, as seen from Coronado, California last Sunday

Daily Mail: PICTURED: Inside the charred amphibious warship HSS Bonhomme Richard after a fire tore through the 844-foot vessel for more than four days off San Diego harbor, leaving 'extensive' damage

* More than 160 people had been aboard when the blaze erupted at 8:30am local time last Sunday
* The ship had been undergoing maintenance when the fire was first reported in a lower cargo area
* Now, new pictures taken inside the Navy ship show the 'extensive damage' caused by the blaze which burned for more than four days off San Diego harbor; it is not yet known if the ship will sail again
* Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday has pledged a thorough investigation into the blaze
* He said seeing the blackened ship for those deployed on it has been 'a gut punch,' and feels like losing a home

These are the first pictures from inside the charred amphibious warship HSS Bonhomme Richard after a fire tore through the 844-foot vessel off San Diego harbor last Sunday.

More than 160 people had been aboard when the blaze erupted at 8:30am local time. It had been undergoing maintenance when the fire was first reported in a lower cargo area where seafaring tanks are parked.

Now new pictures taken inside the Navy ship by @Osinttechnical and confirmed as verified to The Navy Times show the 'extensive damage' caused by the blaze which burned for more than four days. It is not yet known if the ship will sail again.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 20, 2020

Here’s what the damage inside the Bonhomme Richard looks like -- Navy Times

Nimitz, Reagan Carrier Strike groups pick up dual-carrier exercises in South China Sea again -- Navy Times

Two U.S. Carriers Return to South China Sea After State Dept. Formally Rejects Chinese Claims -- USNI News

B-1 bombers deploy to Guam as Navy carriers continue readiness training in South China Sea -- Stars and Stripes

US Navy takes delivery of new, more powerful radar -- Defense News

Pentagon Notice Says The First Of The Navy's New Frigates Will Be Named USS Brooke (Updated) -- Warzone/The Drive

Will the U.S. Army's New Helicopter Go Stealth? -- National Interest

OMFV: Army Wants Smaller Crew, More Automation -- Breaking Defense

Inside the intelligence community’s new plan for commercial imagery -- Nathan Strout, C4ISRNet

Pandemic Changing Navy, Marine Corps Training Needs -- National Defense

20,000 U.S. Military Now Have Contacted Coronavirus as Cases Are Spiking -- Newsweek

U.S. Military Recruitment On Twitch May Be Controversial But Isn’t Likely To Stop Anytime Soon -- Forbes

Trump says bases named for Confederates won't be renamed: ‘I don’t care what the military says’ -- Task & Purpose

Trump’s Defense Secretary Moves to Shed His ‘Yes Man’ Reputation -- Politico

Trump skirting Congress to install loyalists in the Pentagon -- Politico

DoD Needs Supply Chain Strategy To Survive Future Crises: Roper -- Breaking Defense

Rare Earth Processing Plant Opens in Colorado -- National Defense

Contractor who lied about using weak metal parts for Navy aircraft is headed to prison -- Task & Purpose/Fort Worth Star-Telegram

3 times that the US military brought back ‘obsolete’ equipment -- We Are The Mighty

Pentagon Gave White House Options for US Troop Cuts in South Korea, Report Says -- Politico/Stars and Stripes

Potential Arms Control Violation Could Derail Pentagon’s Next-Generation Missile Defense Interceptor -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Time to Defund the Pentagon? -- Fiscal Times

The US Is Out of Position in the Indo-Pacific Region -- Nathan Freier, Defense One

Trump administration weighs troop cut in South Korea -- WSJ

Number of American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks -- AP

Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya -- Military Times/AP

Eurofighter's New Radar Is Nearly Ready But Royal Air Force Wants An Even Better One -- Warzone/The Drive

Germany: anti-Hitler plotters a model for today’s military -- AP

Airbus gets $630 million deal under UK military’s Skynet 6 push -- Defense News

New Intelligence Reveals Russian Submarine Heading Into English Channel -- Forbes

Russia Seeking More Control of Black Sea, Mediterranean, Arctic -- USNI News

Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya -- Military Times/AP

Mexico Puts Military in Charge of Customs Operations -- Military.com/AP

A Strategic Pivot to Outer Space. -- Jeffrey Becker, Strategy Page

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