Thursday, July 27, 2017

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2017

A leading concept for the future battlefield has machines do the fighting, with human troops conducting special operations and civil affairs. (1st Lt. Jason Uhlig)

Todd South, Military Times: Warfighters will be machines in concept of future battlefield

The future battlefield will likely contain autonomous robots, lasers and countless drones but beyond the equipment that grabs everyone’s attention at least one military leader says a framework for how to fight in that new arena is what’s most important.

Gen. David Perkins, commander of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, shared the evolving “Multi-Domain Battle” concept to a crowd of more than 150 military leaders, government representatives and scientific thinkers at the third annual “Mad Scientist” conference at Georgetown University Tuesday.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2017

The US Army’s Next Big 5 Must Be Capabilities, Not New Platforms -- Defense One

Battlefield 2050: Army Prepares for Future Fights -- Yasmin Tadjdeh, National Defense

Iran Successfully Sends Simorgh Launch Vehicle to Space -- Sputnik

Eight Indian Submarines Lack Second Periscopes, Says Top Auditor -- Sputnik

Russia's New and Unrealistic Naval Doctrine -- Dmitry Gorenburg, War on the Rocks

Russia Building Forces in South to Meet NATO 'Threat' -- Damien Sharkov, Newsweek

Pentagon on Alert as Russia Preps for Huge Military Exercise -- RCD

Japan ends probe of US Navy ship collision; no input from US -- Stars and Stripes

German military helicopter crashes in Mali, two peacekeepers killed -- Reuters

China resorting to 'coercive practices' to achieve goals: CIA -- Economic Times

China's Military Could Leave US Navy Dead in the Water With New Sea Drones -- Newsweek

Britain plans to send warship to South China Sea in move likely to irk Beijing -- Reuters

British supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to deploy to the Pacific -- UK Defense Journal

UK launches new mini defense and security review -- Defense News

US, Indonesia Conclude Military Exercise -- The Diplomat

Navy announces fix to Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System -- Navy Times

EMALS Catapult Fixed But Won’t Reach Ford Until 2019 -- DoD Buzz

US Navy's 'Star Wars' mach 6 railgun goes mobile: Radical new weapon set for its first tests outside the lab -- Daily Mail

The Navy is preparing its railgun for the future of war -- Popular Science

Watch The Navy Blow Up Pretty Much Everything On Its China Lake Weapons Range -- The Drive

Airmen Fighting ISIS Talk Future Electronic Attack Aircraft EC-X -- DoD Buzz

US 'approach to defending our country in cyberspace ... is broken' -- C4ISRNet

U.S. treads water on cyber policy as destructive attacks mount -- Reuters

US Air Force Wants Robots Watching Twitter -- Defense One

Trump Says Transgender People Will Not Be Allowed in the Military -- NYT

Why does the US military buy so much Viagra? -- BBC

Congress' defense budgeting headed toward 'colossal crackup' -- Defense News

Report to Congress on the U.S. Role in the World -- USNI News

U.S. defense companies lift forecasts amid growing security concerns -- Reuters

CIA on Chinese cyberspying -- Washington Times

More Citizens Must Qualify to Be Warriors -- James Hogg, RCD

220 Year-Old USS Constitution Leaves Dry Dock Following Two-Years of Repairs -- USNI News

1 comment:

jimbrown said...

A future in which nothing can go wrong.