Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 23, 2017

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The Diplomat: 2nd US Navy Carrier Strike Group Arrives in Asia Pacific

A second supercarrier has entered the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet area of operations.

The nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz, the lead ship of her class, has deployed to the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. Navy announced on June 22.

The Nimitz strike group consisting of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Howard USS Shoup, USS Pinckney, USS Kidd, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton arrived in the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet area of operations on June 21.

The Seventh Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward deployed fleet with its area of operations stretching from the International Date Line to the India-Pakistan border; and from the Kuril Islands in the North to the Antarctic in the South.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 23, 2017

China asked U.S. officials to remove THAAD from South Korea -- UPI

China launches record-breaking UAV swarm -- Janes

China deploys new anti-submarine aircraft to fringes of South China Sea -- Defense News

Turkey rejects call to shut military base in Qatar -- Reuters

Russian fighters scrambled 14 times in past week to intercept foreign aircraft — ministry -- TASS

MiG pushing for exports of the MiG-35 fighter -- UPI

Russia's Tu-160M2 Bomber More Advanced Than Anything Pentagon Has In Its Arsenal -- Sputnik

Russia and India sign military cooperation roadmap -- TASS

Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets -- Reuters

Report: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellites -- Defense News

Czech Army Modernization: Why Prague Sticks to Washington's Whims -- Sputnik

Britain readies base for arrival of F-35 jets next year -- UPI

Lockheed Exec ‘Confident’ Canada Will Pick F-35 as Block Buy Eyed -- DoD Buzz

Marine Corps Wants F-35Bs Delivered Faster -- National Defense

Marine F-35s grounded due to software concerns -- Defense News

Leonardo’s T-X Submission Already Training Pilots to Fly F-35 -- DoD Buzz

More Countries May Buy V-22 Osprey as Japan, US Navy Get Aircraft -- Military.com

The F-22 Fighter Jet Restart Is Dead: Study -- Military.com

Why America Simply Can't Build Anymore F-22 Raptors -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest

House poised to add billions to Trump's military budget -- Military Times

Thornberry: $640 Billion Defense Topline Still Up for Negotiation -- RCD

House Armed Services moving ahead with $640B top line -- Defense News

SM-3 Block IIA missile fails intercept test -- UPI

Huntington Ingalls Uses New Construction Techniques to Lower Costs for USS Kennedy -- Scout Warrior

New details emerge in USS Fitzgerald collision investigation -- CNN

US Army Fails to Assess Annual Contractor Ops Totaling $74 Billion - Report -- Sputnik

U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone Crashes in California -- The Drive

Air Force to Congress: No 'Space Corps' -- Military.com

House lawmakers endorse reusable rockets for military purposes -- Ars Technica

Military Could Deploy Swarms Of Small Satellites As ‘Insurance’ For A Space War -- Daily Caller

Global Demand for US Weapons ‘Busier Than Ever’ in Trump Era, So Far -- Defense One

Scientist gets time served for theft of military documents -- Military Times/AP

Special Forces have a special partnership with the Kurds -- NRT

Generals need checks and balances too -- Lt. Col. Joe Doty, USA ret. and Maj. Gen. Rich Longo, USA Ret., Association of the U.S. Army