North and South Korean delegation walk as they cross the concrete border at the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom, in North Korea, June 14, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
Reuters: North, South Korea hold military talks amid U.S. plan to stop drills
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea failed to reach any concrete agreement during their military talks on Thursday, as two-star generals from both sides met just two days after U.S. President Donald Trump floated his plan to halt joint exercises with South Korea.
The talks, their first in more than a decade, held in the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), followed on from an inter-Korean summit in April at which leaders of the two Koreas had agreed to defuse tensions and cease “all hostile acts”.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 15, 2018
Koreas agree to restore military communication lines -- Military Times/AP
Pompeo Meets Top US General in Korea to Explain Exercise Freeze -- Military.com
US, South Korea May Decide Joint Drills Future in July, Seoul Says -- Sputnik
U.S. forces in South Korea not subject to North Korea-U.S. talks: South Korea official -- Reuters
DoD Chief Mattis Discusses With S Korean Counterpart Results of Singapore Summit -- Sputnik
I Was a Navy Admiral. Here's Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake -- James Stavridis, Time
China Adds Advanced Missiles to South China Sea Islands -- Washington Free Beacon
Chinese navy deploys drones in South China Sea missile drills -- SCMP
China’s latest quantum radar won’t just track stealth bombers, but ballistic missiles in space too -- SCMP
US, France and Britain freeze sale of Chinese weaponry to Central African Republic -- SCMP
Australian submarine sonar systems begin $407 million upgrade -- UPI
Sale of Apache helicopters, equipment to India gains approval -- UPI
Israel Aerospace, Airbus Ink $600m German Drone Deal -- Haaretz/Reuters
Turkey proposes Russia ‘joint production of S-500 missiles’ -- Daily Hurriyet News
Advanced amphibious assault ship to join Russian Navy on June 20 — source -- TASS
Russian Air-Delivered Non-Strategic Nuclear Weapons -- RCD
Moscow Slams Norway Plans to Double US Troop Presence -- Military.com/AFP
Permanent U.S. military presence needed to combat Russian menace, Lithuania says -- Washington Times
US leads war games near Russian border with 18,000 troops on eve of World Cup -- The Independent
What’s the United States’ biggest priority for the NATO summit? -- Defense News
State Department nominee would warn Saudi, Qatar, Egypt against Russia military deals -- Reuters
Raytheon to build video sensors for F-35s -- UPI
HAC-D Passes $674.6B FY 2019 Spending Bill; $22.7B for Shipbuilding -- USNI News
New Army Artillery Doubles Attack Range & Outguns Russian Equivalent -- Warrior Maven
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Is That Another Sky Penis Above Another US Military Base? -- Task & Purpose
Defense and delusion: America‘s military, industry are falling behind -- Col. Wesley Hallman (ret.), Defense News
The U.S. Spends Billions in Defense Aid. Is It Working? -- John Ismay, NYT
The Military Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons -- Luke O’Brien and Aaron Stein, War On The Rocks
Trump's Korea Nuclear Deal Could Change The Focus Of U.S. Missile Defense -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
