US soldiers drive a military vehicle on the road connecting al-Rai town to Azaz city, northern Aleppo countryside, Syria, Oct. 4, 2016. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: Pentagon eyes shrinking role in Syria as Trump and Putin negotiate deal
The US military is bracing for a diminished role in Syria as President Donald Trump meets with Vladimir Putin on Monday, days after Bashar al-Assad’s forces raised their flag over the birthplace of the Syrian revolution.
In the lead-up to the leaders’ summit in Helsinki, the State Department’s Near East Affairs Bureau appears ready to give up on a cease-fire zone in southwest Syria that has already been significantly truncated by Assad’s recent victory in Daraa. National security adviser John Bolton, however, is pushing for a more aggressive US posture against Assad ally Iran.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 16, 2018
Israel Asks Court to Extend Present Military Draft Law by Seven Months -- Haaretz
North Korea to resume search for US military remains -- The Guardian
A New Military Strategy for Japan -- Eric Heginbotham and Richard Samuels, Foreign Affairs
The Future of India’s Supercarrier -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat
Spotted: Chinese Navy Sends Surveillance Vessel to Keep Tabs on RIMPAC Exercises -- Sputnik
China spying on US war games after being disinvited: Navy -- The Hill
China Pursuing Dominance of Northern Sea Route -- RCD
Russia Says Its New Aircraft Can Disable U.S. Satellites. Could This Trigger a Nuclear War? -- National Interest
Russia’s Foreign-Software Approval Service Helps Military Hackers: Report -- Defense One
Post-Brexit Military Might: UK to Invest $2.7bln in Tempest Fighter Jet Program -- Sputnik
Introducing Tempest — the UK’s next-gen fighter -- Defense News
French Military Parades on Bastille Day, Gets Budget Boost -- Military.com/Canadian Press
Mattis in Europe Shows His Influence, And Challenges of Translating Trump -- Breaking Defense
Army Ponders Changes After Insider Attack in Afghanistan -- Military.com
B-52 Aircrew Members Return to Minot Base After Decades -- Military.com/AP
US 5th-Gen F-35 Jet's Price Reportedly Dips 6 Percent After Trump's Criticism -- Sputnik
Pentagon reaches handshake deal with Lockheed on newest batch of F-35s -- Defense News
Long-Range Missile Being Developed for US F-35 Scores Direct Hit in Test Firing -- Sputnik
4 ways Lockheed’s new F-35 head wants to fix the fighter jet program -- Defense News
Allies' plans for new fighter jet technology a boon for US Air Force, chief says -- Defense News
US Army Developing Shoulder-Fired Missile Simulator to Train Against -- Sputnik
The military is building a space plane. Now it looks to have an engine up to the task -- Los Angeles Times
Military Spending Is Up, but Aerospace and Defense Workers Are Scarce -- The New York Times
Pentagon Sets Big Goals for Its New AI Center -- NextGov
Pentagon sees quantum computing as key weapon for war in space -- Space News
U.S. Needs a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence, Lawmakers and Experts Say -- Defense One
Why wasn’t the Pentagon’s tech guru surprised by Google Maven pushback? -- Aaron Mehta, C4ISRNet
Lawmaker Urges Mattis to Upgrade Fallen Marine Officer's Silver Star -- Military.com
The Most Powerful Military Forces in the World -- Newsweek
What Trump’s NATO defense plan would mean for the US -- Niv Elis, The Hill
10 years after Wanat: Army leaders should look to this battle to prepare for brutal fights in the future -- Todd South, Army Times
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