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• OIF / OND / OEF / OIR / OFS Casualty Update 07 Jun 2017[PDF]
• Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Iraq, Syria AFPS 07 Jun 2017 -- U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 28 strikes consisting of 70 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 68th Rescue Flight transitions to 68th Rescue Squadron AFNS 07 Jun 2017 -- As one of the only human based weapon systems in the Air Force, Guardian Angel must have highly trained personnel dedicated to the Air Force core function of personnel recovery. Guardian Angel is comprised of combat rescue officers, pararescuemen, and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape specialists.
• Australia, U.S. Discussions Ranged the Globe, Dunford Says AFPS 07 Jun 2017 -- The Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations in Sydney this week were not just a formality, but an effort to sync the relationship and strengthen it for the future, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today.
• Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Departs from San Diego for Deployment NNS 07 Jun 2017 -- Ships and units from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment, June 5.
• Seabees Complete Airfield Damage Repair with New Technology NNS 07 Jun 2017 -- U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 successfully completed an Airfield Damage Repair (ADR) mission during their Field Training Exercise (FTX) in Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., May 18, testing the battalion's ability to repair runways following a simulated attack.
• Patrol Squadron 16 arrives in Denmark for BALTOPS NNS 07 Jun 2017 -- The "War Eagles" of VP-16 took two P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance (MPRA) aircraft to Aalborg Air base in Denmark to provide exercise maritime support.
• NATO Welcomes Newest Member Montenegro RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- NATO welcomed Montenegro as its newest member with a flag-raising ceremony at the Western alliance's headquarters in Brussels.
• Canada's New Defense Policy Draws Praise From Mattis AFPS 07 Jun 2017 -- Pentagon officials are "heartened" by Canada's announcement today of a new defense policy that will increase its defense budget and the size of its military, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a statement.
• Statement by Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Canada's Defense Policy DoD 07 Jun 2017
• No one would survive US-Russia nuclear war to claim victory: Putin Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says if the United States and Russia decided to use their nuclear weapons in a potential conflict with one another, no one would survive that war to claim victory.
• Putin Says 'Nobody Would Survive' U.S.-Russia 'Hot War' RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says in a documentary set to air on U.S. television that "nobody would survive" a war between the nuclear-armed countries.
• Plugging the Air Defense 'Gorbachev Gap': Russia's Voronezh Radar in Action Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- A new Voronezh-DM radar station, part of Russia's early warning system, will enter combat duty in Krasnoyarsk region outside Yeniseysk by late 2017, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. RIA Novosti defense contributor Andrei Kotz explains how the system will plug the air defense gap left by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• Russian Military Intends to Procure Heavy Strike Drone After 2018 Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- The drone will be on par with operational foreign analogues.
• Can't Hide From Kalibr: Russian Pacific Fleet Subs to Get Deadly Cruise Missile Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed its intent to equip four missile attack submarines in the Pacific Fleet with Kalibr cruise missiles. Military observer Boris Rozhin told Sputnik about the Kalibr's advantages over its predecessors, and what the future holds for the missile system.
• Aviation Unit in Crimea to Get Newest Helicopters During 2017 Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- The aviation unit of the 4th Air and Air Defense army's aviation, deployed in Crimea will get the newest Mi-35 attack and transport helicopters, according to spokesman of Russia's Southern Military District Col. Vadim Astafyev.
• Russia Starts Developing Military Helicopters Using Syrian Experience Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- Russia has begun incorporating Syrian campaign experience into its military helicopters.
• North Korea Apparently Test Fires Land-to-Ship Missiles, South Korea Says VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- North Korea apparently has test launched several land-to-ship missiles, South Korea says.
• President Tsai urges continued U.S. defense assistance to Taiwan CNA 07 Jun 2017 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Wednesday that she hoped the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will provide defense assistance for Taiwan based on the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and the Six Assurances.
• Taiwan's defense advantages declining: Pentagon report CNA 07 Jun 2017 -- China's decades of military modernization has eroded many of Taiwan's historical advantages in deterring People's Liberation Army (PLA) aggression, the U.S. Department of Defense said in an annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China.
• Beijing Slams Pentagon's 'Irresponsible' Report on Chinese Military Plans Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- China has expressed its criticism of the US Defense Department's annual report on Chinese military and security developments, as it disregards facts and contains groundless statements, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday.
• New Ramjet Engine Enhances Combat Ability of China's Stealthy J-20 Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- China has successfully tested its solid-fuel variable flow ramjet engine in two recent airspace experiments, a breakthrough in the engine research fields which could enhance real combat ability of China's stealth aircraft including the J20 jet fighters, according to military experts.
• Turkey parliament approves troop deployment to Qatar Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Turkey's parliament approves a measure to deploy troops to a Turkish military base in Qatar amid a widening rift between the Arab country and neighbors in the Persian Gulf region.
• Plot Thickens? Turkish Parliament Approves Deployment of Troops at Qatar Base Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- The Turkish parliament on Wednesday approved draft legislation allowing the deployment of Turkish troops to a military base in Qatar in light of the ongoing rift between Qatar and other Gulf Arab countries, Turkey's NTV television reported.
• Turkey to Germany: Have it your way with Incirlik troops Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Germany's removal of its troops from the Incirlik air base will be of little consequence.
• Germany to withdraw troops from Incirlik base in Turkey Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Germany will withdraw its troops and reconnaissance aircraft from an air base in Turkey as relations between the two NATO member states are worsening.
• Germany To Pull Troops From Turkish Base In Dispute With Ankara RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet has decided to pull German troops and reconnaissance planes out of Turkey's Incirlik air base after Ankara refused to let lawmakers visit them.
• Berlin Approves Withdrawal of German Troops From Incirlik Airbase in Turkey Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- The German cabinet has approved a decision to withdraw troops from the Incirlik airbase in Turkey.
• Wreckage of missing Myanmar military aircraft found: military sources People's Daily 07 Jun 2017 -- The wreckage of the missing Myanmar military aircraft has been found on sea off Dawei township in southern Tanintharyi region late on Wednesday, according to military sources.
• South Korea Tries to Slow Walk THAAD VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- Newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in is finding that increased diplomacy and legal maneuvers alone will not resolve the dilemma he faces over the U.S. THAAD missile defense system.
• S.Korea to halt additional THAAD deployment until green audit ends People's Daily 07 Jun 2017 -- South Korea's presidential Blue House said Wednesday that the country would suspend an additional deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system until a green audit ends in the future.
• South Korea suspends deployment of more THAAD pieces Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- South Korea suspends any further deployment of a controversial US missile system to the country until an environmental impact assessment ordered by President Moon Jae-in is completed.

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for June 07, 2017

Other Conflicts

• 7 June 2017 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 07 Jun 2017
• US Swipes at China Signal a Micro Policy Shift in Disputed Sea VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- The U.S. government is challenging China over its dominant position in Asia's major maritime sovereignty dispute, but those moves, after months of silence, are seen as aimed at reassuring nervous Southeast Asian countries rather than as a major anti-Beijing pivot.
• Battle for Raqqa Pits US-backed Kurds Against Syrian Government-backed Militias VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG militia forces chanted as they advanced toward the northern outskirts of the Islamic State-held town of Raqqa in northern Syria, attempting to set foot inside the city and dislodge the militant group from its so-called capital.
• Syrian Army's Allies Threaten US With Retaliatory Strike After Tuesday Attack Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- An operational headquarters of the allied forces of the Syrian government army, which includes the forces of Lebanon's Hezbollah as well as Iran, has threatened the US-led coalition with a retaliatory strike following the latest coalition attack on Damascus positions.
• Fighting in Philippine city tougher than previously believed Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Military officials in the Philippines have found the fight with the Daesh terrorist group in the southern city of Marawi to be tougher than they previously believed as the terrorists are using bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons, human shields and are familiar with the terrain.
• UN force in CAR may send Congo soldiers home over abuse claims Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Hundreds of Congolese soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) face allegations of sexual abuse, fuel trafficking, and poor discipline.
• Crimean Tatar Leader Umerov Goes On Trial On Separatism Charge RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- A Crimean Tatar leader who has criticized Russia's seizure of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine has gone on trial on June 7.

News Reports

• Top U.S. Intelligence Officials Duck Tough Senate Questions On Trump FBI Probe RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- Top U.S. intelligence officials have refused to answer key questions from senators about whether President Donald Trump sought to influence the FBI investigation into his associates' ties to Russia.
• US Intelligence Chiefs Decline to Discuss Conversations with Trump VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- Two top U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers they did not feel inappropriately pressured by President Donald Trump to publicly disavow possible Russian collusion with Trump aides in last year's election.
• US Intelligence Chiefs Push for Permanent OK to Eavesdrop on Foreign Communications VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- U.S. intelligence chiefs are making a strong push, backed by the White House, to reauthorize a controversial law that allows U.S. spy agencies to eavesdrop on foreign electronic communications.
• Terrorist operation in Majlis ends, 4 terrorists killed IRNA 07 Jun 2017 -- Terrorist operation in Iran's Majlis(parliament) ended and four assailants were killed by the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces.
• Interior Ministry confirms end of terrorist attacks in Tehran IRNA 07 Jun 2017 -- Interior Ministry on Wednesday issued a statement to declare that the two terrorist attacks in Tehran have been ended and security forces have full control over current developments.
• Iranian parliament terrorist attack ends with 4 gunmen killed ISNA 07 Jun 2017 -- Gunmen and suicide bombers have carried out terrorist attacks on Iran's parliament and the mausoleum of revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday.
• Daesh sponsors accomplices in Tehran's twin terror attacks: IRGC Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says those who have aided and abetted the Daesh terror group are accomplices in twin attacks claimed by the Takfiri group in the Iranian capital.
• Ayatollah Khamenei: Terror attacks will fail to undermine Iran's will Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Wednesday's terror attacks in Tehran will fail to undermine the Iranian nation's resolve in the face of threats.
• Rouhani: Iran to crush any enemy plots through unity, integrity Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has condemned Tehran's twin terror attacks as "cowardly," stressing the country will crush enemies' plots through unity and integrity.
• Iran's parliament, Imam Khomeini's Mausoleum come under attack Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Iran's Parliament (Majlis) and the mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini in the capital Tehran have come under terrorist attack.
• Attacks On Iranian Parliament, Khomeini Shrine Leave 12 Dead RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured in twin attacks in Tehran on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine.
• Saudi Arabia Behind Deadly Attacks in Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards accused Saudi Arabia of being behind the twin terrorist attacks in Tehran, according to Reuters.
• Iran Blames Saudi Arabia for Tehran Attacks VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards are blaming Saudi Arabia for a pair of terror attacks Wednesday at symbolic locations in Tehran.
• US Senate Works on New Iran Sanctions, Possible Russia Sanctions VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- The U.S. Senate has moved forward on a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran.
• Iran tells IAEA it plans to ship heavy water abroad, officials say ISNA 07 Jun 2017 -- Iran told the U.N. nuclear watchdog it would ship 20 tonnes of heavy water abroad to avoid breaching a limit on its stock of that substance under a landmark deal with six world powers, officials said.
• Trump Offers to Mediate Qatar's Diplomatic Crisis VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- In a call with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, U.S. President Donald Trump offered to mediate the country's diplomatic crisis with its neighbors.
• CNN: U.S. Investigators Believe Russian Hackers Contributed To Arab Rift With Qatar RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- CNN has reported that U.S. investigators believe Russian hackers planted a false news story that was a factor in the decisions by several Arab countries to sever ties with Qatar.
• Moscow says CNN report of hacking Qatar's QNA has no proof Press TV 07 Jun 2017 -- Russia has rejected a CNN report that claims Russian hackers were behind a false news story on Qatar's state news agency that led Saudi Arabia and its allies to cut ties with the kingdom.
• Trump Calls For Arab Unity After Seeming To Back Split With Qatar RFE/RL 07 Jun 2017 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has appeared to change course, urging Saudi King Salman to work for Arab unity after having appeared to side with the Saudis and other Arab states in a dispute with Qatar.
• China to develop reusable space vehicles People's Daily 07 Jun 2017 -- China is in the process of developing reusable earth-to-orbit space vehicles that can boost the country to the forefront of the aerospace industry, as well as promote the commercial use of space technologies, said an aerospace official on June 6.
• China Plans to Launch Chang'e-5 Lunar Mission on Nov. 30 Sputnik 07 Jun 2017 -- Director of the international cooperation department of China National Space Administration Xu Yansong stated that the third launch of the carrier rocket Long March 5 with the satellite Chang'e-5 will take place in the end of November, approximately on November 30.
• S. Africa Political Leader Hints at Impending End for Unpopular President VOA 07 Jun 2017 -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress has been hurt by a new wave of corruption allegations targeting President Jacob Zuma, with the top party brass saying Wednesday that the end may be nearing for the increasingly unpopular leader.