Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 3, 2017

The Hill: Ex-CIA agent on Spicer: 'What the hell is that dude talking about?'

A former CIA operative on Tuesday slammed incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer for saying there is “zero evidence” of Russian interference in last year's election.

“What the hell is that dude talking about?” Phil Mudd said on CNN's "New Day."

Spicer told CNN over the weekend he believed there was “zero evidence” Russia interfered with the election.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 3, 2017

Trump’s doubts about cybersecurity alarm experts -- Chicago Tribune/Washington Post

Why Donald Trump Is Spot-On About The Russians And The Election -- Zero Hedge

Russian 'grid attack' turns out to be a damp squib -- Register

Year of the North Korean Intercontinental Ballistic Missile? -- Ankit Panda, Diplomat

Analysts: North Korea not bluffing on ICBM launch -- Al Jazeera

Moscow seeks naval drills as Russian warships visit Manila -- Reuters

Russia Has a Super Torpedo That Kills Submarines at 200 Miles Per Hour (And America Can't Match It) -- National Interest

Russia’s Northern Fleet ships to travel to Arctic, Mediterranean in 2017 -- TASS

Russia's Northern Fleet to Ensure Country's Global Naval Presence in 2017 -- Sputnik

Ship-based UAVs to be designed for Russian Navy -- TASS

China Space Plan to Develop “Strength and Size” -- VOA

What’s driving China’s race to build a space station? -- CSIS

href="http://ift.tt/2i2km9Q">Russian Su-35 May be Last Fighter Jet Imported by China as Beijing Bets on J-20 -- Sputnik

China navy confirms carrier conducted drills in South China Sea -- Reuters

Chinese Military Veterans Gather in Beijing to Protest 'Broken Promises' -- Radio Free Asia

India Is Prepared For A Two-Front War, Says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat -- Swarajya

Serbia May Paint Yugoslav Bombings' Victims on Russia's MiGs as a Hint to NATO -- Sputnik

State Department approved P-8 sale to Norway -- C4ISRNET

Carrier Vinson to deploy in early January to the Western Pacific -- Navy Times

New in 2017: Navy fleet to add nine ships -- Navy Times

Army’s RCO Approves Strategy to Prototype Electronic Warfare Capability -- Defense News

Pentagon pick Mattis no champion of a green military -- Washington Times

Operation Inherent Resolve service member dies in Iraq -- The Hill

U.S. Air Force: A Return to Full Spectrum Readiness -- Ltg. Dave Deptula, Cipher Brief

Correcting the Course of Future Defense Spending -- Peter Huessy, RCD

The Most Dangerous Weapons of 2016: New-Gen Weapons Of Mass Destruction With Insane Killing Abilities! -- Motherboard

Unseen Aircraft That Carry Planes, Tanks, and Soldiers -- Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science

How America Almost Built the Scariest of Weapons: A Nuclear-Powered Tank -- Michael Peck, National Interest

Surface Forces: Mine Is Convertible And Why It Matters -- Strategy Page

Trucks as weapons - hard to stop -- DW