Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 29, 2014

Gorbachev and Raegan Signing Historic INFTreaty. © White House Photographic Office

US: Russia Violated Nuclear Treaty -- Voice of America

The United States accused Russia of violating a historic nuclear test ban treaty by testing a ground-launched cruise missile.

U.S officials said President Barack Obama informed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a letter Monday of the United States' determination that Russia broke the 1987 treaty.

The move was first reported Monday evening by The New York Times.

The U.S. said Russia tested a new ground-launched cruise missile, breaking the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 29, 2014

U.S. Says Russia Tested Cruise Missile, Violating Treaty -- New York Times

Washington Says Moscow Violated INF Treaty -- RIA Novosti

Russia's Navy Replenishes Ship, Submarine Supply -- RIA Novosti

Russian Naval Destroyer Moving to Mediterranean -- RIA Novosti

Putin Marks Navy Day At Base For Nuclear Submarines -- Radio Free Europe

Kalashnikov ‘feels sorry’ for sanctions-struck American customers -- RT

Japanese Minister Says French Mistral Deal With Russia Can Affect Japan’s Security -- RIA Novosti

China Holds Annual Military Drills in East, South China Seas -- The Diplomat

Chinese Military Trumps Diplomacy in Achieving Aims, PLA Says -- Bloomberg

China's Xi Tells Army: Ditch the Flashy Medals -- Bloomberg Businessweek

China is using its immense commercial fishing fleet as a surrogate navy -- Quartz

N. Korea has world’s largest submarine fleet: U.S. media -- Korea Herald

Cameroon Military on High Alert at End of Ramadan -- VOA

Iran to Unveil New Missile, Radar Systems in September -- FARS News Agency

Israel Debuts Micro Robot in Anti-Tunnel Campaign -- Defense News

Israeli Firm Provides Power-by-The-Hour Intel in Gaza -- Defense News

F-15s needed in Europe to respond to Russia, Lakenheath commander says -- Stars and Stripes

UK commits to major NATO military exercise in Poland -- RT

Reapers To Join UK's Core Equipment Program -- Defense News

Afghan quick reaction force slowed by logistics failures -- Military Times

US paratroopers in Afghanistan hope to give Taliban a few final blows -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post

US is no safer after 13 years of war, a top Pentagon official says -- AFP

A Dwindling U.S. Army Tempts New Recruits With a Charm Offensive -- NYT

Mabus: Stealth Destroyers, LCS Headed to Pacific -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes

Concerns Surround Navy SEALs' Training Changes -- NBC San Diego

US Marines perfecting autonomous evacuation and supply vehicle -- RT

Northrop Drone’s Development Cost to U.S. Navy Rises 25% -- Bloomberg

2 military satellites launched on Delta IV rocket -- Click Orlando

U.S. Army Looks to 3D Print Warheads -- 3D Print

Auditor Spotlights Billions Blown in Afghanistan -- Military.com/FOX News

Military personnel costs need a hard look -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Report Finds More Than 80,000 Pentagon Employees Owed Back Taxes -- WSJ

The Pentagon's 26,000 Tax Deadbeats Pose a Security Risk, GAO Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek

US citizen accused of military bribes extradited from Iraq -- AP

U.S. Senate bill proposes sweeping curbs on NSA surveillance -- Reuters

NSA mass spying undermines journalists and attorneys’ ability to work -- RT

Tech Companies Reel as NSA's Spying Tarnishes Reputations -- Bloomberg

Ex-CIA officials named in US torture report won't get to read it -- Boing Boing

Erectile dysfunction in military males is triple the norm -- FOX News/Live Science

Hollywood and the Pentagon: A relationship of mutual exploitation -- Al Jazeera

Play Spacewar!, The Pentagon-Funded Video Game From 1962 -- io9

How The Army’s Next Pistol Will End Up in a Gun Shop Near You -- Matt Valentine, Defense One/The Atlantic