Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 25, 2014

Friday 26 December 2014


Paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team participate in training exercises with the Polish 6 Airborne Brigade soldiers at the Land Forces Training Centre in Oleszno near Drawsko Pomorskie, north west Poland, May 1, 2014 (Reuters / Kacper Pempel)



2 Secret Weapons US Will Use in War versus Russia: Guided Bullet and Drone-Like Nuclear Bomber -- IBTimes



As reports continue to pour in that Russia is battle-ready and raring to take on the United States and its NATO allies boasting of tactical nuclear advantages and secret weapons, America is making sure that it has its share too of ready-to-unleashed hidden killers if World War III goes off.



President Vladimir Putin, according to recent reports, is planning to deploy nuclear train missiles and attack nuclear submarines that also serve as platforms for battle robots and underwater drones. Such fresh line up of weaponries is seen to further increase the lead that the Russians already enjoy in the event an actual nuclear showdown with the U.S. happens.



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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 25, 2014



Russia's new military doctrine names NATO as key risk -- Reuters



New Russian military doctrine says NATO top threat -- AP



Russia’s Finance Minister Calls For Slower Growth in Military Spending -- WSJ



Russia puts new military comsat into orbit (VIDEO) -- RT



Russia Will Overcome Dependence on Imported Military Electronics by 2020 -- Sputnik



Russia Will Have 55 Stealth Sukhoi T-50 Fighters By 2020, But Are They As Good As The US Stealth Jets? -- IBTimes



Russia surpassed U.S. in production of new combat planes, Russian United Aircraft Corporation says -- The Aviationist



Selling Mistral warships to NATO impossible — Russian diplomat -- ITAR-TASS



NATO countries understand Europe’s security impossible without Russia — Russian diplomat -- ITAR-TASS



Deployment of foreign troops in Ukraine possible — Russian ambassador to NATO -- ITAR-TASS



US Warship Destroyer Donald Cook Enters Black Sea Second Time This Year -- Sputnik



Iraq, Turkey talk military cooperation in battling ISIS -- New York Daily News



Israel, Germany Seal Offshore Patrol Vessel Deal -- Defense News



China hopeful of better military ties with India next year -- Economic Times



Chinese Military to Build Modern Command Headquarters -- CRIEnglish



US-China Military Relations: The Great Debate -- Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat



Taiwan Navy Takes Delivery of First Stealth ‘Carrier Killer’ Corvette -- USNI



US, South Korea, Japan Agree to Share Data on North Korean Nuclear Weapons -- Sputnik



Taliban attacks complicate US drawdown in Afghanistan, raise 2015 concerns -- FOX News



As troop numbers fall in Afghanistan, another Christmas at war -- Stars and Stripes



The New Mission in Afghanistan -- US Army Gen. John Campbell, commander, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, Defense News



In 2015, US Army will lose nearly 20,000 soldiers in drawdown -- Army Times



Rare insight into F-22 Raptor vs T-38 Talon aerial combat training at Langley -- Aviationist



Electronic Weapons: Magic Pods Get More Powers -- Strategy Page



NSA waits until Christmas Eve to reveal a decade's worth of its mistakes -- Mashable



Report: NSA releases accounts of privacy violations -- FOX News



U.S. Senate and CIA agree torture program was mismanaged -- Al Arabiya/AP



CIA’s harsh interrogation tactics crucial in bin Laden capture -- Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Time



CIA Interrogations’ Success Isn’t Easily Gauged -- Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ



US Army Data Shows Rarity of Desertion Prosecutions -- AP



How the U.S. Marines Do Air Combat Better Than the Air Force Does -- David Axe, War Is Boring



Don’t Hold Your Breath for a Special Forces Iron Man Suit -- War Is Boring



Makers of 'American Sniper' press ahead to tell tale of war and home -- Rebecca Keegan, Stars and Stripes/Los Angeles Times



No rules of cyber war -- Michael Crowley and Josh Gerstein, Politico



Defense Department Leaders Release Holiday Messages -- US Department of Defense

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