Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 7, 2021

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Kidd transits the South China Sea in November 2017. (MC3 Kelsey J. Hockenberger/U.S. Navy) 

 Everett Pyatt, Defense News: China will only benefit from the US Navy’s shipbuilding budget 

The proposed U.S. Navy shipbuilding budget for fiscal 2021 contains only good news for China. 

The threat of a larger U.S. Navy has disappeared. Reductions of cruisers eliminate long-range offensive and anti-submarine warfare ships. Frigates and Marine expeditionary ship programs are delayed. 

Force assessments form the plan for the Navy. 

An assessment conducted in the 1970s and implemented in the 1980s defined the 600-ship, Cold War-ear Navy.

The bottoms-Up assessment conducted in the early 1990s defined a 350-ship Navy for the post-Cold War environment, but was not executed. 

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 7, 2021

US agency failing to keep tech away from Chinese military: Report -- Al Jazeera  

MEDUSA Is U.S. Navy’s Secret Minelaying Submarine -- Forbes  

US Navy creates DDG(X) program office after years of delays for large combatant replacement -- Defense News  

US Navy ‘Stands Up’ Office for Directing Creation of Next-Generation Destroyer by 2028 -- Sputnik  

U.S. Navy Funds New Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Biden Called ‘A Bad Idea’ -- Forbes  

US Air Force awards $465M contract for new E-11A planes -- Defense News  

US Plans to Speed Up Deployment of Hypersonic Weapons, Official Says -- Sputnik  

Space Force Wants Extra $ To Speed Deep Space Ops -- Breaking Defense  

Yes, the military is serious about rocketing supplies around the planet -- Ars Technica  

Now boarding: Space Force wants to turn launch ranges into rocket ‘airports’ -- Air Force Times 

 Cyber Command plans bigger budget for mission planning tool -- C4ISRNet  

The Army Is Putting 30mm Autocannons on More Stryker Vehicles -- Military.com  

'They are hair on fire': Biden administration mulls cyberattacks against Russian hacker -- NBC News 

Fighting Corruption Is Core National Security Interest, Biden Says -- VOA  

Biden urged to bring missile defense reductions to Putin summit -- Defense News  

Military leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy -- AP  

Pentagon not to allow pride flags to be flown on installations -- Reuters  

Joe Biden Is Filling Top Pentagon Positions With Defense Contractors -- The Intercept  

Ex-CIA chief Panetta: Russian hackers behind cyberattacks are 'terrorists' -- The Hill  

US military admits killing 23 civilians around the world in 2020 -- Al Jazeera  

Defence Secretary Austin Assures Israel Military Chief of 'Ironclad' US Support -- Sputnik  

Pentagon report clears use of drones made by top Chinese manufacturer -- The Hill

State Department approves $3.5B sale of helicopters to Australia -- UPI

U.S., French, British navies sign agreement for increased cooperation -- UPI

NATO chief: Belarus actions must 'have consequences' -- The Hill  

Russia, Belarus Spy Agencies Join Forces Against ‘Destructive’ West -- Moscow Times 

Russia scrambles fighter jet to accompany U.S. military plane -- Reuters 

 Russia eyes arms sales to Iraq, but experts say there’s competition ahead for the Kremlin -- Defense News  

China has a new ship to hunt the US Navy's submarines -- Business Insider  

Taiwan vows to defend itself against Beijing, but would Japan join in? -- SCMP

India Gives Nod to Build More Conventional Submarines Amid Power Battle With China in Indian Ocean -- Sputnik 

 South Korea's Air Force Chief Resigns Over Woman's Death -- Military.com/AP  

Sweden Forced to Reconsider Military Allocations Amid Soaring Bills for Fighter Jets, Submarines -- Sputnik