Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 9, 2021

Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post: How the U.S. and China could go to war 

It's 2034 and a war is about to begin. A flotilla of three U.S. naval destroyers is furrowing a path through the South China Sea, a contested body of water that is the thoroughfare for a significant proportion of global trade. 

Near the ominously named Mischief Reef, they encounter and board a Chinese vessel. And then things start to spiral. 

Far-reaching cyberattacks cloud the United States' ability for strategic action. Conventional warfare and sea battles lead to dramatic losses for both sides. 

An array of other countries get pulled into a conflict that sees strategists resort to the most dangerous of measures. 

Ultimately, no one really wins. 

Read more .... 

 Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 9, 2021 

Jinping Calls on China’s Military to Prepare for ‘Unstable’ Security Concerns with Other Countries -- Sputnik 

China’s rise in military spending expected to stoke unease in region -- SCMP 

U.S. Cites New Threat to Carriers From Chinese Anti-Ship Missile -- Bloomberg 

Top US commander fears Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027 -- AFP 

New US combat concept widens tech gap with China’s air force -- SCMP 

US must keep pace with China on military spending, analysts say -- SCMP Missile Defense Agency to consider two sites for Hawaii-based radar -- UPI 

Guam Needs a New Air-Defense System to Protect Against Chinese Missiles, US 4-Star Says -- Military.com 

U.S., Japan security meeting to address deterrence against China, report says -- UPI 

US may field new fighter by FY 2029 -- Janes 

Air Force completes Operation Porcupine exercise in Romania -- Air Force Times 

Two civilian pilots safely eject before trainer jet crashes at Edwards AFB -- Air Force Times 

A salute to the USS Nimitz’s 11-month tour, crucial role -- Seattle Times 

For the Navy’s Seabees, everything old is new again -- Daily Press 

The Navy tried to cast Capt. Brett Crozier as a villain. New emails reveal how much support he really had -- Task & Purpose 

House Democrats introducing bill to limit transfer of military-grade gear to police -- The Hill 

Lawmakers gird for spending battle over nuclear weapons -- The Hill 

Biden pledges to end 'scourge of sexual assault in the military' -- The Hill 

Racial, political divides in military grow as services try to weed out extremists -- UPI

The Pentagon had an email security problem. The pandemic fixed it. -- Politico 

First B-1 Deployment to Norway Shows Importance of Arctic, Cold-Weather Ops -- Air Force Magazine 

Five reasons not to split Cyber Command from the NSA any time soon - if ever -- War On The Rocks 

A ‘splinternet’ won’t solve global cyber defense problems -- Yaron Rosen, C4ISRNet 

Saudi, Qatari, Israeli planes join USAF B-52 in Persian Gulf show of force -- UPI 

U.S. Navy joins, Oman, France, Britain in mine countermeasures exercises -- UPI 

France to speed up declassification of secret archives on Algeria War -- France 24 

France has underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia, research finds -- The Guardian

French nuclear tests contaminated 110,000 in Pacific, says study -- BBC 

Moscow’s troops could dominate NATO in Baltic region, top Polish general predicts… but Russia insists it’s just not interested -- RT 

First serial Yasen-M-class sub to be handed over to Russian Navy in late 2021 — source -- TASS 

Iran Set to Unveil Domestically Manufactured Military Hovercraft -- Sputnik 

Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Iran tried to recruit freed British-Australian academic as spy -- BBC 

Korean and Israeli firms eye partnership to arm helicopter with kamikaze drones -- Defense News 

Russia, China agree to build lunar station together -- DW