Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 28, 2020

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2019 shows the Shandong aircraft carrier at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service on Dec. 17 at a naval port in Sanya. The new aircraft carrier, named after Shandong Province in east China, was given the hull number 17. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Stars and Stripes: China’s two aircraft carriers complete drills in September

China’s two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong, recently completed military drills in the South China Sea, according to a statement by the Chinese Ministry of Defense on Thursday.

It was the first time the Chinese navy has sent two carriers to sea at once, though the ships did not train together. The Shandong was commissioned in December; the Liaoning was commissioned in 2012.

While at sea, the Liaoning completed “regular exercises” while the Shandong conducted sea trials, according to a Thursday article by the Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times. Sea trials are a testing phase of ships and their systems.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 28, 2020

China's two aircraft carriers wrap up exercises, trials -- Global Times

China Now Has the World’s Largest Fleet, Alarming Its Pacific Rival -- Economist

South China Sea: Chinese military holds drills near Paracel Islands for a third time this year -- SCMP

Taiwan says 46 incidents involving Chinese planes in last 9 days -- Al Jazeera

Indo-Pacific strategy gains support as China’s assertiveness fuels fears -- SCMP

Future War in the Pacific? Think Guadalcanal, Marine Corps Planners Say -- John M. Doyle, Seapower

Cyber Airmen Trained for a China-Taiwan Conflict That Unfolds Online -- Air Force Magazine

Future U.S. Navy fleet could include more than 500 ships -- UPI

The Pentagon's Highly Questionable Proposals For A Navy With Over 500 Ships -- Warzone/The Drive

USS Delbert Black commissioned at private ceremony -- UPI

A few months after getting home, the Theodore Roosevelt is about to deploy again -- Navy Times

Coast Guard crew saves ship from fire while underway in 7th Fleet -- Navy Times

Check Out These Dramatic Photos Of The Recent Fire Aboard Coast Guard Cutter Waesche -- Warzone/The Drive

USS Vinson Flies F-35s & Quietly Readies For New Refueling Drone -- Breaking Defense

The Power of a Growing International F-35 Community. -- Dan Gouré, RCD

F-35 and F-22 fighter jets might be able to share data while keeping 'stealth attack' mode -- FOX News/Warrior Maven

CH-47 Chinook With Far More Powerful T408 Engines Has Flown For The First Time -- Warzone/The Drive

Military Suicides Up As Much as 20% in COVID Era -- AP

Space Force, DoD agencies, NRO try to get on the same page on future acquisitions -- Space News

Five Ways GAO Fails To Understand Defense Industry Independent R&D -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Kill ’Em All? Denial Strategies, Defense Planning, and Deterrence Failure -- Evan Montgomery, War On The Rocks

3 Army Brigades Will Deploy to Europe, South Korea and Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes

Spy planes join B-52 bomber in exercise over Black Sea -- UPI

Lithuanian air base highlights US investments in Europe that followed Russian invasion of Ukraine -- Washington Examiner

European Army Plans Face Battlefield Reality in Africa -- WSJ

Switzerland’s $6.5 billion fighter jet plan narrowly passes referendum -- Defense News

NATO tightens coordination in Baltics as Russia looms: 'We're not gonna be fighting alone' -- Washington Examiner

Russia and China in the Arctic: Assumptions and Realities. -- Elizabeth Buchanan, RCD

Great power competition heats up in the thawing Arctic, and the US must respond -- Bradley Bowman and Maj. Scott Adamson, Defense News

India’s Defence Indigenisation Stumbles With a Lack of Clear Strategy. -- Balachander Palanisamy, RCD