Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 29, 2021

Stranded ship Ever Given is seen after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 28, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via REUTERS 

NYPost: Pentagon says Suez Canal traffic impacted US military vessel movement 

The traffic caused by the massive container ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal will impact the movement of US military vessels, the Pentagon said in a statement. 

Toward the end of the Ever Given’s seven-day stint blocking the canal — which caused delays for over 365 ships carrying an array of goods — a Navy spokeswoman told The Hill that it would not comment on “specific operational impacts” while acknowledging that the longer the problem persisted, the greater its impacts would be. 

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 Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 29, 2021 

SecDef briefed on military space programs, threats to satellites -- Space News 

Classified US military war game set to take place as concerns about threats posed by China and Russia increase -- CNN 

U.S. Navy received its first Block V Tomahawk missile -- Defence-Blog 

Lockheed Martin wins $2.76B Army contract for guided missile rockets -- UPI 

F-35 threatened by Pentagon budget crunch -- Washington Times 

US military conducted 2 dozen cyber operations to head off 2020 election meddling -- C4ISRNet 

General says attacks by foreign hackers are ‘clarion call’ -- AP 

Pentagon's Extremist Handbook Tells Military to Be on Lookout for Pepe the Frog -- Daily Beast 

Biden may keep Trump policy that upped drone exports: Report -- Al Jazeera 

Bid to take back 'forever war' authority advances in U.S. Congress -- Reuters 

Space Force finalizing plan to procure broadband from low-orbit satellites -- Space News 

Military and spy agencies accused of stiff-arming investigators on UFO sightings -- Politico 

DOD Expects Vaccines Available to All Troops by May 1 -- Air Force Magazine 

Puerto Rico cleanup by U.S. military will take more than a decade -- NBC/AP 

Semi-autonomous robot dogs helps the U.S. Air Force to improve bases security -- Defence-blog 

Shortage of military working dogs a US national security risk, report warns -- FOX News 

France readies to offer Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine -- Defence-blog 

Inside story: the battle to build Britain's new £41bn nuclear submarines -- The Telegraph 

U.S. wages psychologicial war on Moscow - Russian defense adviser -- Reuters 

Three Russian Ballistic Missile Submarines Just Surfaced Through The Arctic Ice Together -- Warzone/The Drive 

Putin Praises Russian Military Arctic Exercise -- VOA 

Why the Russian Navy Loves Hypersonic Missiles -- National Interest 

Chinese Defense Minister visits Europe to boost military ties, ‘future joint military drills, exchanges likely’ -- Global Times 

Chinese warplane firm lays out plans for new stealth fighter & next-gen aircraft -- Global Times

China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Has a Problem -- National Interest 

PLA's largest near-Taiwan exercise features bombers to island's east, 'blocks foreign interventions' -- Global Times 

Chinese Aerial Armada With Bombers, Fighters, And More Filled Airspace Near Taiwan -- Warzone/The Drive

David vs Goliath: How Space-Based Assets Can Give Taiwan an Edge -- The Diplomat 

Major boost for Indian Air Force, 10 Rafales to join fleet by next month -- Zee News 

N. Korea launch was new 'tactical guided projectile': Pyongyang -- AFP 

North Korean submarine capable of firing missiles being watched, Seoul says -- UPI 

Why South Korea’s Aircraft Carrier Makes Sense -- The Diplomat 

Amid war, Ukraine tries to boost arms sales -- Al Jazeera

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