Russian Success in Syria Includes US Tactics
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Three weeks in and Russia’s aerial intervention in Syria shows success against Islamic State and the opposition to the Syrian government force, demonstrating a modernized military combining classic Soviet air support and Western-style air precision strikes, reports Defense News.
Turkey and Russia have shared a successful economic relationship since the end of the Cold War, but the Russian intervention in Syria and violations of the Turkish airspace are fraying the friendship, reports International Business Times.
The Air Force confirms, reports Defense News, pilots under 136 pounds are barred from flying the F-35 joint strike fighter, because of the risk from neck injuries associated with the ejection seat and further acknowledge an “elevated level of risk” for pilots between 136 and 165 pounds.
More than 100 Republican lawmakers will not vote for anything less than President Obama’s $561 billion DoD base budget and also oppose the current short-term funding measure which would fund the Pentagon fiscal 2016 budge at 2015 levels, reports The Hill. Nevertheless, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) plans to sign that defense policy bill, but it is likely headed to a presidential veto. The administration opposes the way funds are used to reach the DoD 2016 spending levels.
Veterans Benefits Administration Under Secretary Allison Hickey resigns under pressure from legislators and veterans organization, reports Military.com.
A dysfunctional Congress looks to reap blame for a failure to block a significant Medicare premium hike, reports The Hill.
To improve our cyber security we need to start working cheap, fast, and easy, the US Army finds that’s what our adversaries do, reports Defense Systems.
China keeps hacking US corporate intellectual property, reports US News, despite a three-week old cyber-agreement with the United States.
A gene bank lab in Aleppo developing drought resistant wheat and associated with the so-called “Doomsday Vault” seed bank is being moved to escape the war in Syria, reports CNN.
