The Hill: Trump, China tensions spill into military sphere
President Trump’s tensions with Beijing are boiling over in the South China Sea.
A recent incident between a Chinese ship and a U.S. Navy destroyer startled military experts and even led Vice President Mike Pence to deliver a stern warning.
Tensions are already high between the U.S. and China over trade and claims from the White House that Beijing is trying to meddle ahead of the midterms to undermine Trump. Now the confrontations in the South China seas are becoming another worrying flashpoint.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 8, 2018
Japan military joins historic Philippine war games -- Straits Times/AFP
Major Israeli presence at world's largest military land exhibition -- Jerusalem Post
Iraq approved for purchase of armed Bell 407GX helicopters -- UPI
US clears armed helicopters for Iraq, surveillance aircraft for Canada -- Defense News
India's Army chief: India to purchase Russian defense systems despite US threats to slap sanctions -- TASS
Special Delivery: WATCH New Video of Russian S-300 Deployment in Syria -- Sputnik
Kalibr missiles destroy 'enemy' facilities during Caspian military drills -- TASS
Russia Sets Up Weapons Maintenance Database in Venezuela -- Sputnik
Panel: Military Tensions in Europe Continue to Run High Between NATO, Moscow -- USNI News
US admiral urges Russia to observe NATO exercise -- Military Times
Warsaw Hopes US to Decide in Spring 2019 on Setting Up Military Base in Poland -- Sputnik
The president must say no to ‘Fort Trump’ in Poland -- Willis Krumholz, Defense News
NATO Chief Stoltenberg: Cyber Attack By Russia "Can Trigger An Article 5 Response" -- EU Today
UK Uses Drones to Simulate Combat With Russia in Military Exercise - Reports -- Sputnik
Rates of post-trauma stress rise in British military veterans -- Reuters
Russian arms deal with India comes as Pentagon changing military priorities -- CNN
F-22s, F-35s to Fly Faster on Long-Distance Deployments to Reduce Fuel Consumption -- Air Force Magazine
B-2 stealth bomber completes first Hawaii deployment -- UPI
From Paladin upgrades to a 1,000-mile cannon, Army artillery aims high — er, farther -- Defense News
Raytheon, Saab announce new Carl-Gustaf munition for U.S. Army -- UPI
Next-Gen Combat Vehicle to Require Emerging Tech -- National Defense
Brig. Gen. Vereen: After missing recruiting goal, Army must adapt -- Fayetteville Observer
Boeing, Embraer reportedly in talks to bring KC-390 production to US -- Defense News
Lockheed Martin selects payload providers for next-generation missile warning satellites -- Space News
Air Force Designates Hypersonic Test Vehicle X-60A -- Signal
'This is nonsense': Pentagon swats down report that Trump may fire Air Force secretary -- Washington Examiner
US Air Force Warns West Coast Residents of Sonic Booms Overnight -- Sputnik
Has safety improved a year after Navy and Marine aviation crisis? -- Military Times
The U.S. State Department Has Its Own Sprawling Air Force, Here's What's In Its Inventory -- Warzone/Drive
White House warns of ‘domestic extinction’ of suppliers in industrial base report - and DoD is ready to help with cash -- Defense News
White House Report Warns 'All Facets' Of U.S. Defense Industrial Base Are At Risk -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
