Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 30, 2020

 

France 24: US House votes to override Trump veto of key defence policy bill 

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a $740 billion defense policy bill, in a rebuke to the president that underscored deep divisions in the Republican Party during his final weeks in office. 

The 322-87 House vote, in which 109 Republicans voted to override Trump's veto, leaves the measure's fate to the Republican-led Senate, where a final vote is expected this week. 

If the Senate seconds the House action, it would be the first veto override of Trump's presidency.

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 Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 30, 2020 

House votes to override Trump’s veto of defense bill -- AP 

McConnell signals Senate has votes to override Trump's defense veto -- The Hill 

Latest fight over defense bill may push final passage into 2021 -- Defense News 

New in 2021: What will Biden’s first defense budget look like? -- Leo Shane III, Defense News

Pentagon leadership blocking access to key national security information, Biden says -- France 24

Incoming national security adviser: Pentagon hasn't granted meeting with Biden transition team since Dec. 18 -- 

he Hill Biden nominates first female deputy defense secretary -- AFP 

Biden selects Hicks, Kahl for top Pentagon roles -- Defense News

Littoral Combat Ship has faulty propulsion system -- Washington Times

Lockheed Martin misses F-35 jet delivery target due to COVID-19 -- Reuters 

Lockheed Martin delivers 123rd F-35 fighter jet of the year -- Defence Blog 

The Army is building up air defenses against drones, cruise missiles -- Business Insider 

Space Force delays $12B deal with contractor after court rules company acted fraudulently: report -- The Hill 

Space Force uniform designs -- Boing Boing 

The 6 big military space stories of 2020 -- C4ISRNet 

The US Army is planning a major overhaul of its hair and grooming regulations -- Task & Purpose 

Is the military paying troops too much? Yes and no, study finds -- Meghann Myers, Military Times 

Trump administration approves $290M bomb sale to Saudis -- The Hill 

US cuts military aid to El Salvador -- LA Times 

US greenlights $4 billion attack helicopter sale to Kuwait -- Defense News 

US Navy’s Hong Kong port calls likely to be scuppered as ties with China’s military continue to deteriorate -- SCMP 

British traitor George Blake who 'sent 600 spies to their deaths by betraying them to the Russians during the Cold War' is buried in Moscow with full military honours -- Daily Mail 

Russian ‘Doomsday’ Plane Theft: Details of Equipment Heist Emerge -- Sputnik 

It can go further': Russia touts military ties to China in warning to Biden -- Washington Examiner 

Chinese Navy Expanding Bases Near South China Sea -- USNI News 

China Puts J-11B Aka SU-27 Fighter Jet Into Batch Production At Shenyang Facility -- EurAsian Times 

Photos: China’s Third Amphibious Assault Ship Nears Completion as First Docks With Shandong Carrier -- Sputnik 

China plans intensive round of military drills in end-of-year catch-up -- SCMP 

Indian Air Force Deploys Israeli Heron Drone To Keep An Eye On Chinese Build-Up Near Ladakh -- EurAsian Times 

North Korea ICBM test likely next year, think tank says -- UPI 

South Korea’s Hanwha partners with European firm to build M3 bridging vehicles -- Defense News 

The Powerful Implications of Israel's Successful Missile Defense Test -- Newsweek 

Can North Korean ‘Blazingly Fast’ MiG-23 Outgun F-16 Fighter Jet Of South Korea In An Aerial Battle? -- EurAsian Times 

How did MI5 miss the Oxford housewife beaming our nuclear secrets to Stalin? BEN MACINTYRE reveals how a Soviet agent delighted her masters with access at heart of Britain's top-secret atom bomb research -- Daily Mail