Russia’s missile arsenal (graphic by CSIS)
Matthew Costlow, Breaking Defense: No, Trump Has Not Started a Nuclear Arms Race With INF Pullout
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States a new arms race would provoke a “quick and effective” Russian response and threatened NATO’s members. Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives predict an increased risk of “an unconstrained nuclear arms race.”
Is it true? Has President Trump fired the first shot in a Cold War-style nuclear arms race by withdrawing from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)? Evidence from the Cold War and after indicates the answer is: likely not.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 30, 2018
RIP INF: The End of a Landmark Treaty -- Steven Pifer, National Interest
After INF, is New START next to go? -- Steven Pifer, Brookings
US Budgets $22.1Bln for Military Intelligence Programs in 2018 – Pentagon -- Sputnik
Pentagon’s big audit will inspect for cybersecurity flaws, comptroller says -- Fifth Domain
Fiscal 2019 Could Be 'High-Water Mark' of US Defense Spending -- NextGov
US Army’s modernization efforts foster boom in US-foreign partnerships -- Defense News
Army Serious About Fielding 6.8 Caliber Round -- National Defense
US Launches Global Military Exercises for Strategic Nuclear Forces -- Sputnik
Politicos are pushing to rebuild Tyndall, but should the Air Force bother? -- Defense News
Air Force receives its largest ordnance shipment in Europe since Cold War -- Stars and Stripes
CRS assesses possible three-carrier buy for US fleet -- Jane's 360
Question for the Navy: Is It Time to Build Stealth 'AIP' Submarines? -- Robert Farley, National Interest
Boeing predicts $60 billion return on costly bid for military contracts -- Washington Examiner
The Pentagon’s Getting More Secretive — and It’s Hurting National Security -- Rep. Adam Smith, Defense One
Defence firms see only hundreds of new US jobs from Saudi deal -- Al Jazeera
Will EU stop arms sales to Saudi in wake of Khashoggi killing? -- Al Jazeera
US, Japan Launch Military Exercise ‘Keen Sword’ to Test Combat Readiness - Navy -- Sputnik
US and South Korea Pursue Readiness Without Big Exercises -- Air Force Magazine
New Russian owl drone will hunt tanks in northern warfare -- C4ISRNet
WATCH Footage of Admiral Kuznetsov’s Dry Dock Submerged -- Sputnik
Sunken floating dock in Murmansk will take at least six months to recover — source -- TASS
Strategy on ice: Has Russia already won the scramble for the Arctic? -- European Council on Foreign Relations
Russia loans Cuba $50M to buy military equipment as Cuban leader set to meet Putin -- FOX News
In a first, the PLA moved troops overseas via Hong Kong -- Asia Times
Japan developing supersonic glide bombs to defend remote islands also claimed by China -- Stars and Stripes
With Russia in its crosshairs, Canada moves to buy a sub hunter -- Defense News
UK MoD gets budget boost of more than $1B with three programs in mind -- Defense News
Panel: NATO, EU Need Major Changes in Operations, Infrastructure to Deter Russian Aggression -- USNI News
NATO war games: Technology changing strategies -- Al Jazeera
Forget Russia: Is Finland the Hybrid Warfare Champion? -- Michael Peck, National Interest
NATO Is in the Middle of an Expensive and Dangerous Military Exercise. Here’s Why Those War Games Are Worth It -- James Stavridis, Times
Did US drones swarm a Russian base? Probably not, but that capability isn’t far off. -- Kyle Rempfer, Military Times
This Is Why The Pentagon Could Never Build A Death Star -- Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose