Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 2, 2020

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RT: Russia seeks to ‘create conditions so that NOBODY wants to fight us’ – Putin

Vladimir Putin has confided that US President Donald Trump privately lamented the "insane" US military budget. He also says Russia protects itself by making the costs of attacking the country too high for anyone to contemplate.

“The US has outstripped us” in terms of annual defense expenditure, the Russian president said in a new episode of news agency TASS's ‘20 Questions to Vladimir Putin’ series. But being the world’s largest military spender doesn’t really make Donald Trump particularly happy, Putin said.

“Donald told me that they have adopted an insane [military] budget for the next year, $738 billion.”

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 2, 2020

'We Don’t Plan to Go to War With Anyone': Putin Reveals Why Russia is Developing Hypersonic Weapons -- Sputnik

Changing fortunes: US now races to CATCH UP with Russia on hypersonic weapons – Putin -- RT

US military scrambles to cope with global 'threat' posed by coronavirus -- CNN

Pentagon races to counter coronavirus threat on military forces -- The Hill

Pentagon, State Department envoy clash over sending Patriot missiles to Turkey -- Politico

Pentagon Sees Taliban Deal as Allowing Fuller Focus on China -- AP

Pentagon looks to China in wake of Taliban peace deal -- Yahoo News

'You Don’t Want to Play Laser Tag With Us': US Warns China After 'Incident With American Spy Plane' -- Sputnik

US Army wants $364M to counter China -- Asia Times

US Navy Takes Delivery of New F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship -- The Diplomat

For the first time since the Cold War, the Navy is practicing to lead a convoy across the Atlantic -- Business Insider

Lawmaker asks Esper: Should the Army pay for sealift? -- Defense News

Navy is overhauling education system as US advantages erode -- AP

Fixing the Navy’s Software -- Sean Lavelle, War On The Rocks

Congress questions Navy's plan for large drone ships -- Defense Systems

Why the USAF is buying fourth-generation Boeing F-15EX fighter jets -- Air Force Technology

US Army, Marines want to make the Hellfire missile replacement more deadly at sea -- Defense News

The Navy Has Big Ambitions: Will New Submarines And Destroyers Fit The Bill? -- National Interest

A woman is about to become a Green Beret and the military will be stronger for it -- We Are The Mighty

Trump Pushing for Three-Way Arms Control With Russia, China -- AP

South Korean military vows to mobilize maximum possible resources to support anti-virus battle -- Yonhap Nes Agency

North Korea tests again, fires two projectiles -- UPI

Chinese military puts joint drills on hold to fight coronavirus battle -- SCMP

China's military fast tracks medical research to aid virus battle -- Xinhuanet

Over 10,000 Chinese military medics fight against COVID-19 with zero infection -- CGTN

China Is Prepared to Reap the Strategic Rewards of Its Relationship With Russia -- National Interest

Russia to back up Malaysia's military might -- New Straits Times

Duterte's Exit From US Military Deal Faces Senate Challenge -- Bloomberg

French Air Force Studying Chinook Buy, Caracal Replacement -- Aviation Week

Greece to conduct military exercise near Turkish border -- Anadolu Agency

Royal Canadian Navy, coast guard short hundreds of sailors -- Canadian Press

DR Congo probes death of army military spy chief Delphin Kahimbi -- BBc

124 years ago, Ethiopian men and women defeated the Italian army in the Battle of Adwa -- Quartz

A Little Help From Their Friends: How Vietnam Withstood Largest Bombing Campaign in Human History -- Sputnik

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