Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 6, 2015

Bloomberg: Chasing Chinese Planes 400 Times a Year Is Wearing Out Japan's Top Guns



Fighter pilot Jun Fukuda sits edgily on the couch in his flight suit, waiting for the call that sends him sprinting to his jet. On any given day, he will chase and warn off Chinese military planes nearing Japanese airspace.


The 35-year-old motorbike enthusiast and soon-to-be father is a captain in the fighter squadron based at Naha, the nearest Japanese base to islets in dispute with China. The single squadron at the Okinawan capital operates in a high-octane environment, scrambled on average more than once a day -- a record of more than 400 times in the year through March 2014.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 6, 2015

Israeli General: Iranian Officers Have Taken Over Battle Against Syrian Rebels -- Washington Free Beacon



Turkey Mulls Military Support To Fight ISIL -- Defense News



Beware: Weapon Shortfalls Threaten Fight Against ISIS -- Emil Maine, Real Clear Defense



Budget spending optimization not impacting state defense order, armaments programs — Putin -- ITAR-TASS



Fifth Russian Yasen-Class Attack Nuclear Sub Begins Construction in March -- Sputnik



Over 40 Russian Fighter Jet Crews Hold Airstrike Drills in Barents Sea -- Sputnik



Russia's Defense Industry: Breakthrough or Breakdown? -- ISN



Russian-Chinese military cooperation on the rise — Russian deputy defense minister -- ITAR-TASS



China to narrow gap with U.S. by increasing military spending -- CNN



China's defence budget more than doubles since 2008 -- IHS Jane's 360



Senior PLA military strategist ‘leaked state secrets, helped rebels in Myanmar’ -- South China Morning Post



Xi Jinping orders generals to get with the program when conducting ‘military diplomacy’ -- World Tribune



Increase In Military Spending Makes China's Neighbor's Uneasy -- Here and Now



China defends military items found on cargo ship headed to Cuba -- FOX News



Reality Check: China's Military Power Threatens America -- Ryan Martinson, National Interest



US Army to Continue Military Dialogue with the PLA -- The Diplomat



Russia to supply Antey-2500 missile system to Egypt by end of 2016 — source -- ITAR-TASS



The child soldiers of Yemen -- AL Jazeera



Afghan Military to Receive A-29 Close Air Support Planes in December -- Military.com



Inside the Ring: North Korean Defector Trained Military Hackers -- Washington Free Beacon



U.S. considering possible Middle East missile defense: general -- Reuters



What the U.S. Navy Could Learn from Danish Frigate Design -- USNI



Northrop Grumman Wins US Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Contract -- Navy Recognition



USAF Eyes Cost-Plus Bomber Contract -- Defense News



4,100 jobs opening to women in special operations units -- Army Times



Female Troops and Their Shocking Divorce Rate -- Military.com



Chelsea Manning: court order bans US military from referring to soldier as 'he' -- The Guardian



The U.S. Air Force's drone problems have been a long time coming -- Joseph Trevithick, The Week/War Is Boring



The spy who came in from al-Qaeda -- BBC



Can Hezbollah fight two wars at the same time? -- Imran Khan, Al Jazeera