Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 20, 2017

The main gate at the US Army post at Fort Hood, Texas, in an undated photograph.REUTERS/III Corps Public Affairs/U.S. Army/Handout

Business Insider: These are the 10 US military bases still named after Confederate soldiers

Despite seceding and eventually losing the Civil War, the Confederacy lives on in a number of monuments in almost every state in the country.

But it's not just monuments — like the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville that led to an eruption of violence on August 12 — that are dedicated to Confederate officers.

Schools, highways, parks, streets, and even US military bases are named after Confederate figures.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 20, 2017

US Army mum on whether bases will keep Confederate names -- FOX News

How Did The US Military Get All Those Confederate-Named Bases, Anyway? -- Mark Herbert, Task & Purpose

Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy -- Andrew Exum, The Atlantic

Russia's Arms Orders Reach Peak, Expected to Stand at Some $50Bln -- Sputnik

Video Proves Russian Subs Can Attack Any Target on the Globe -- Scout Warrior/National Interest

Russia's Kiev-class Carrier: Submarine and Carrier Killer? -- Scout Warrior/National Interest

Large-scale Russian military exercises in Belarus feared to be set-up for Putin's next conquest -- CNBC

Russia Plans Joint Military Drills With Central Asian Countries, Citing Afghan Conflict -- RFE

Russia says military drills with India not against China -- Economic Times

Russia's military exercises: Could they turn into war? -- Keir Giles, CNN

How China is helping Malaysia's military narrow the gap with Singapore and Indonesia -- South China Morning Post

China’s New Ballistic Missile Marks New Chapter in Global Nuclear Deterrence -- Sputnik

China showcases weapon systems to possible foreign buyers -- UPI

No, That Satellite Image Going Around Social Media Isn't Of China's New Stealth Bomber -- The Drive

China’s military battles new enemies at home: soft drinks and smartphones -- SCMP

The PLA at 90: On the Road to Becoming a World-Class Military? -- Jamestown Foundation

Romania negotiating to buy U.S. rocket systems worth $1.25 billion: Pentagon -- Reuters

India Clears Purchase of U.S. Apache Attack Helicopters -- Franz-Stefan Gady, Diplomat

Russia, China Warn U.S. Against Military Conflict With North Korea -- RFE

US, South Korea prepare for joint military exercise amid heightened tensions -- ABC News

U.S., South Korea to Conduct Joint Exercise Aug 21-31: Pentagon -- US News and World Report/Reuters

Report: U.S. scales back deployment to Korea for drills -- UPI

Defense Secretary Mattis is traveling to Jordan, Turkey, and Ukraine -- Business insider/Reuters

Air Force successfully launches LRASM missile from B-1B Lancer -- UPI

A-10 Warthogs Drop Bunker Buster Bombs in Combat for the First Time -- The Drive

Meet the combat crop duster the US military plans to use in the warzone -- News.com.au

Strykers Now Armed with Bigger Gun, New Missile for Russian Threat -- Military.com

President Trump Orders Pentagon to Elevate Cyber Command, But That’s the Easy Part -- The Drive

Trump just reorganized the military to gear up for cyberwars -- VOX News

Inside the Air Force's Largest Fuel Farm in Fight vs. ISIS -- Military.com

US Drone Crashes in Southern Turkey after Leaving Incirlik Air Base -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes

General Atomics Gives First Clues About its MQ-25 Drone Tanker Design -- The Drive

U.S. military to buy counter-drone radars from RADA -- UPI

Northrop Grumman C2 System Guides 8 Unmanned Vehicles in Seabed Warfare Experiment -- Seapower

‘Future of Maritime Superiority’: US Navy Advances Railgun Testing -- Sputnik

Wreck of US warship Indianapolis found in Pacific Ocean 72 years after sinking -- DW

The Pentagon's Not-So-Secret 'Ghost' Aircraft Fleet -- Scout Warrior

Pentagon Looking to Draft Blockchain Technology for Security Purposes -- Bitcoinist

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