U.S. soldiers stand amid damage at a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2020.
FOX News: US 'likely' to deploy anti-missile system to protect American troops in Iraq
The Pentagon is likely deploying a missile-defense system to Iraq in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on an Iraqi base housing American troops earlier this month, U.S. defense officials tell Fox News.
The move comes after U.S. troops were sent to a medical facility in Germany after complaining of head injuries following the Iranian missile attack.
Eleven U.S. troops were flown out of Iraq late last week for treatment out of an “abundance of caution,” according to a spokesman for American forces in the Middle East.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 23, 2020
Successor to slain Iran general faces same fate if he kills Americans: U.S. envoy -- Reuters
Pentagon offers few details on troops' injuries in Iranian strike after Trump describes them as 'not very serious' -- The Hill
Iran Is Weaker Than The U.S. Military, But Tehran Won't Go Down Easy -- National Interest
Iran’s Reserve of Last Resort: Uncovering the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Order of Battle. -- Fred Kagan, RCD/AEI
How Iran’s military outsources its cyberthreat forces -- Times of Israel
US forces in Iraq are facing more attacks from Shiite militias than ISIS, commander says -- Task & Purpose
Marine Raiders led counterattack against al-Shabab militants at Manda Bay, Kenya -- Marine Times
US Military Annual Aircraft Replacement Costs to Nearly Double to $44Bln by 2038 -- Sputnik
355 Ships? Acting Navy Secretary Readies To Defend Tight Budget -- Braking Defense
Why Did the Navy Build Super Aircraft Carriers Instead of a Lot of Medium Ones? -- National Interest
Congress should fund new, not used sealift vessels, say former Maritime Administration officials -- Defense News
US Navy To Revive Flak Cannons To Combat Drone Attacks -- Zero Hedge
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Navy Debates: Is a Robotic Ship a Ship? -- National Defense
Northrup Grumman awarded $217.2M for BACN payload support -- UPI
US MDA identifies Kauai military site for $1.9bn defence radar -- Army Technology
DARPA just took a big step towards turning a C-130 into a flying drone carrier -- Task & Purpose
In nuclear spending fight, it’s Trump allies vs. White House budget office -- Defense News
Amazon battles Microsoft over military cloud -- BBC
US Bombers With Nuclear Cruise Capability Deployed to Indian Ocean Amid Iran Tensions - Reports -- Sputnik
Esper’s balancing act in Pensacola: showing support after shooting while encouraging training foreign allies -- Military Times
Esper says ‘no decisions’ have been finalized on AFRICOM changes -- Defense News
How AFRICOM plans to counter Russian, Chinese influence in Africa -- Military Times
Negotiations ‘almost complete’ on Poland’s buy of 32 F-35s, defense minister says -- Defense News
Turkish foreign minister calls for enlarged NATO, Georgia membership -- Reuters
Japan monitoring Seoul's 'response' amid Middle East deployment -- UPI
Chinese military aircraft fly close to Taiwan, island’s defence ministry says -- SCMP
Pakistan Tests Surface to Surface Ballistic Missiles, Capable of Delivering Nuclear Warheads -- Sputnik
‘A landmark achievement’: Pakistan test-launches new surface-to-surface ballistic missile (VIDEO) -- RT
The Future of Underwater Warfare in the Indo-Pacific -- H I Sutton & F. Gady, Diplomat
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