Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 29, 2018

Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall. An official said they would have ‘no hesitation in inviting SCL to tender for further contracts’. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA

The Guardian: Cambridge Analytica predecessor had access to secret MoD information

SCL was praised by MoD for training it provided to a psychological operations warfare group, documents reveal

SCL, Cambridge Analytica’s predecessor, had access to secret UK information and was singled out for praise by the UK Ministry of Defence for the training it provided to a psychological operations warfare group, according to documents newly released by MPs.

An endorsement from an official at the 15 UK Psychological Operations Group dated January 2012 concluded that they would “have no hesitation in inviting SCL to tender for further contracts of this nature”.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 29, 2018

US-led coalition acknowledges killing at least 855 civilians since start of ISIS war -- The Hill

Chinese flotilla transits South China Sea, satellite imagery shows -- Navy Times

US, South Korea celebrate first South Korean F-35A and ‘iron clad’ alliance
-- Defense News

South Korean military receives U.S.-made stealth fighter jet -- UPI

South Korea eyes French design for indigenous nuclear sub, sources say -- Defense News

Where Is Japan in Its Military Push Under Abe? -- The Diplomat

U.S. delivers more patrol boats to Vietnam amid deepening security ties -- Reuters

Croatia to buy used F-16D jets from Israel for $500 million -- Defense News

Croatia approves $500 million deal to buy Israeli fighters -- AP

Ukrainian Police Bust Online Market For Military Equipment -- RFE

Dutch voters say 'no' to new spy law -- DW

Spain's military in row over flags at half mast for Easter -- The Guardian

Thousands in Ghana march against deal with US military -- The Hill

Pentagon: US refueling cuts civilian deaths in Yemen -- Al-Monitor

US Would Fight Without Air Support for Weeks if War With Russia Began -- DoD Buzz

Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group returns to 7th Fleet -- UPI

Navy taps Boeing for services on Hornet, Growler aircraft -- UPI

Raytheon to begin modernizing missile defense -- UPI

Army leader: ‘We’re going to be contested in every single domain’ -- C4ISRNet

TRADOC boss: Today’s soldiers have lost their edge against our enemies -- Army Times

Shulkin out: Trump fires VA secretary after weeks of controversy -- Military Times

The Army marked this soldier as a deserter. But he had actually died in a car crash on post. -- Army Times

Trump Pentagon pick literally wrote the book on missile defense -- Defense News

US Treasury to Use National Security Laws to Shield U.S. Tech From China -- WSJ

Army to Launch Large-Scale Pilot for New PT Test -- DoD Buzz

Ship Collisions Prompt Navy Research into Sleep Deprivation -- DoD Buzz

A US-Russia nuclear arms race? Where? -- Matthew Costlow, Defense News

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