Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 25, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Obama Orders Pentagon Advisers To Ukraine To Fend Off Putin-Backed Rebels -- Washington Times

U.S. to help Kiev bolster military as pressure mounts on Vladimir Putin

A team of Pentagon officials is heading to Ukraine to help the country rebuild its fractured military, a mission that lawmakers and analysts expect will result in recommendations for greater military assistance in the country’s fight against pro-Russia separatists amid international outrage over the downing of a commercial airplane.

Within the next few weeks, a group of Defense Department representatives who specialize in strategy and policy will head to Kiev to evaluate specific programs that the United States may want to help bolster, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 25, 2014

Obama administration sending military advisers to Ukraine within weeks -- RT

Americans against U.S. military involvement in Ukraine -- Washington Post

Ukraine May Soon Become NATO Military Partner – Ex-SBU Foreign Intelligence Chief -- RIA Novosti

NATO Considers Reinforcing Military Base in Poland -- RIA Novosti

Naval Ships From US, India and Japan To Start War Games -- Defense News/AFP

Russia delivering weapons to Iraq -- Al Arabiya

US Democrat senator threatens to block arms sales to Iraq -- The Hill

Israel: The Hamas Plan For Winning This War -- Strategy Page

The Best Air-to-Air Missile in the World Is in Sweden -- Thomas Newdick, War Is Boring

How An Su-25 Can Shoot Down A Faster, Higher-Flying Aircraft -- Aviation Week

Japan needs to close 'bargain' F-35 deal soon: report -- Want China Times

China’s Military Diplomacy Heats Up -- Zacharey Keck, The Diplomat

Over half of China military airfields threatened by high-rises -- Reuters

China air rage as military manoeuvres force flight cancellations -- Financial Times

China's aircraft carrier puts naval ambitions on show -- ZeeNews

Attrition: North Korean Air Force Develops Dementia -- Strategy Page

US, Russia bicker over US antimissile plans for South Korea -- RT

U.S. dismisses Russia's concerns about deployment of missile defense system to S. Korea -- Arirang news

Russia's best warplanes to be shown at Aviamix air show -- ITAR Tass

Borei-Class Submarines Enter Service Ahead of Russian Navy Day -- RIA Novosti

Spy for a spy: Germany to monitor US, UK agents -- RT

Venezuela to Buy Russian, Chinese Weaponry - Leader -- RIA Novosti

Meet UAV's Little Brother: The Unmanned Military Convoy -- Fast Company

US military’s ‘air optical fiber’ increases the power of laser weapons, networks, science -- Extreme Tech

Plant DNA: The New Tool to Thwart Military Counterfeiters -- Popular Mechanics

The CIA Fears the Internet of Things -- Patrick Tucker, Defense One

George Patton's Summer of 1944 -- Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics

A vote for Scotland's independence could reverberate through NATO -- Leo Michel, L.A. Times

How Will This War End? -- Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik, U.S. Army retired, Army Magazine