Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 24, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with military leaders from 21 nations to discuss strategy in the Middle East at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct 14, 2014. The discussion was part of a ongoing effort to build a coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and integrate capabilities. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Iraqi Counteroffensive Months Aways; US Airstrikes Continue -- Stars and Stripes

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — American airstrikes have helped the Iraqi military stall the advance of Islamic State militants, but it will be months before government forces are ready to mount a counteroffensive to reclaim lost territory, U.S. officials said here Thursday.



That assessment, from military and defense officials speaking on the condition of anonymity, came the same day that Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi told Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel by phone that his troops would go on the offensive against the insurgents who sent the Iraqi military fleeing earlier this year. Al-Obeidi offered no timetable for the offensive.



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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 24, 2014

Iraqi and FSA Ground Operations Against IS Are ‘Months Away’: US Military -- RIA Novosti



US, Iraq plan offensive against Islamic State -- Washington Post



US Official: Iraq Army Not Ready To Repel Islamic State -- Defense News



Details of Peshmerga Fighters’ Passage Through Turkey Not Finalized Yet: Ambassador -- RIA Novosti



Ebola crisis rekindles concerns about secret research in Russian military labs -- Washington Post



Kremlin Threatens to Sue France Over Possible Mistral Contract Breach -- RIA Novosti



Report: Russia, China near cybersecurity deal -- The Hill



China criticizes U.S. missile defense radar in Japan -- Reuters



Second Chinese aircraft carrier to be completed in 6 years: Kanwa -- Want China Times



China To Debut Two New Fighter Aircraft At Zhuhai Air Show? -- Defense World



Intelligence: China Has F-35 Fever -- Strategy Page



Sweden’s Navy Believes Mini-Submarine Seen in Stockholm Archipelago Waters -- RIA Novosti



Well-‘red’: MI5 spied on prominent academics ‘for decades’, secret docs show -- RT



Niger buys "spy plane" to combat Sahel militants -- Reuters



US to Maintain Control Over Military Operations in South Korea: Secretary of Defense -- RIA Novosti



U.S. Navy Starting Work on New SSN(X) Nuclear Attack Submarine -- USNI



NO on Ohio Replacement Submarine: ‘We’re Going to Build It’ -- Sea Power Magazine



Navy readies for 1st F-35 carrier landing -- Stars and Stripes



BAE Proposes Rail Guns for Army’s Future Fighting Vehicle -- Defense Tech



Pentagon’s ‘Iron Man’ project blasted as waste by Sen. Tom Coburn -- Washington Times



Pentagon seeks to perfect technology behind mind-controlled drones -- Washington Times



Leahy: Ottawa shooting no reason to stop NSA reform -- The Hill



Intelligence: Sex Snares Secrets At High Cost -- Strategy Page



As number of youths eligible to serve shrinks to 3 in 10, Army adapts recruiting strategy -- Stars and Stripes/The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville (MCT)



Virginia subs to get berthing changes for female crew -- Navy Times



‘Black Hawk Down’ senior NCO, decorated hero Gallagher dead at 52 -- Stars and Stripes



Unfit for battle: America's military is growing tired, injured and overweight -- Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy



Studies Link Mental Issues and the Rigor of the Military -- NYT



China patiently challenges US military superiority -- Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, The Hill