Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 30, 2019

Kris Osborn, National Interest: The Army Is Developing the Gear to Win a Land War Against Russia or China

Dropping from the sky.

(Washington, D.C.) If a large mechanized unit of armored ground forces were “closing” with an enemy amid heavy artillery and cannon fire - but did not have overhead aircraft or satellite surveillance while transiting rigorous terrain - how could they fully discern the source of incoming fire? How might they pursue the safest and most lethal method of attack?

This kind of scenario represents one of many contingencies now informing the Army’s development of a new Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), a super high-speed, maneuverable lightweight vehicle being engineered to perform a wide sphere of combat missions; these include high-speed straight-on attacks, forward operating reconnaissance or scout units, coordinated air-dropped ground assault and multiple entry point integrated operations.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 30, 2019

Florida military bases prep for 130 mph winds as Hurricane Dorian bears down -- Military Times

Navy to Update 2 Dry Docks to Accommodate Ford-Class Carriers -- USNI News

Navy, Shipbuilders Working On Final Details Of Block V Virginia-Class Submarine Deal -- USNI News

The U.S. Navy Has Plans to Build Lots Deadly New Submarines -- National Interest

Navy's No. 2 officer in command of super-secret attack submarine is relieved of duty: reports -- FOX News

Hypersonics: Army Awards $699M To Build First Missiles For A Combat Unit -- Breaking Defense

Here’s who will build and integrate the first hypersonic weapon system prototype -- Defense News

THAAD Air-Launched Interceptor Destroys Flight Target in Test - Video -- Sputnik

Trump revives U.S. Space Command in military push into space -- NBC News

The Pentagon Wants Sentinel Satellites to Deter Space Warfare -- Futurism

Microsoft Vendors Win a $7.6 Billion Deal for Pentagon Software -- Bloomberg

The Pentagon Is Exploring New Ways to Isolate Its Networks -- NextGov

Boeing wins $500 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon -- Reuters

Pentagon wants Ukraine military aid to continue -- Politico

White House and State Department greenlight Israeli strikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq despite Pentagon disapproval -- Washington Examiner

Pompeo: U.S. Will Give Israel Diplomatic, Legal, And Military Resupply Support In Any War With Iran, However Long -- RCP

The Ultimate Military Combination: A-10 Warthogs and U.S. Special Forces -- National Interest

HMS Queen Elizabeth: Royal Navy's £3bn Scots-build carrier to be deployed -- Scotsman

Nato: Cyber-attack on one nation is attack on all -- BBC

Germany’s military has become a complete joke -- Ross Clark, Spectator

EU defense chiefs eye ad-hoc, naval security forces — but not for the Hormuz Strait -- Defense News

Russia Launches Rokot Space Rocket to Orbit Military Satellite -- Sputnik

What are Russian special operations forces doing in Idlib? -- Al Jazeera

Erdogan Says Ankara in Talks With Moscow Over Delivery of Su-57 Fighters to Turkey -- Sputnik

Japan defense costs swell on greater role, purchases from US -- AP

Why does Beijing have a military garrison in Hong Kong and what could that mean for protesters? -- Max Walden and Michael Li, ABC News Online

Intel: How Russia, Turkey are expanding their military cooperation to America’s detriment -- Alexandra Dzhordzhevich, Al-Monitor

Israel’s provocative actions in Lebanon a sign of the military mismatch in the region -- The National

New Israeli military system could allow soldiers to eliminate drones with one shot -- Jerusalem Post

Realistic Simulators Boost Israeli Special Ops Troops -- Breaking Defense

The Myth of Military Agility -- Paul Kennard, Forbes

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