Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 25, 2022

The US Navy says its exercises in the South China Sea are being led by the USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln. Above, Navy ships in the South China Sea on Saturday 

Daily Mail: US sends aircraft carriers and assault ships to the disputed South China Sea while Chinese planes - including an anti-submarine Y-8 - continue to lurk in Taiwan's airspace: Island nation reports 13 Chinese planes on Monday 

* The American vessels are led by the USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln 

* They will carry out exercises in accordance with international law, the US says 

* China has continued to send war planes into Taiwanese air space, with the island nation reporting 13 sightings on Monday and 39 on Sunday 

* The South China Sea and Taiwan are two of China's most sensitive concerns 

* Security experts have warned that China and Russia may act in concert to increase their incursions into Taiwan and Ukraine, respectively 

Two US aircraft carrier groups have entered the disputed South China Sea as Chinese Air Force planes continue to fly near Taiwan, which China also claims. 

The US Navy says two carrier strike groups, led by the USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln, began operations in the South China Sea on Saturday. 

The aircraft carriers were pictured on the Philippine Sea, east of Taiwan and west of the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

They were joined by two US amphibious assault ships and a Japanese helicopter destroyer.  

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 25, 2022  

2 U.S. Aircraft Carriers Now in South China Sea as Chinese Air Force Flies 39 Aircraft Near Taiwan -- USNI News 

13 Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan’s ADIZ -- Taiwan News  

PLA holds large-scale exercise near Taiwan ‘to counter US, Japanese drills’ -- Global Times  

PLA's J-16D electronic warfare aircraft spotted for 1st time near Taiwan -- Global Times

China's high-tech warplanes pose 'big new threat' to Taiwan -- AFP  

Russia announces military exercises amid standoff with US, NATO over Ukraine -- The Hill  

Russia Masses Iskander-M Ballistic Missiles Near Ukraine As Its Build-Up Is “Almost Completed” -- Warzone/The Drive  

Military trainers, missiles and over 200,000 pounds of lethal aid: What NATO members have sent Ukraine so far -- Washington Post  

Baltic nations sending US-made Stingers, Javelins to Ukraine -- Breaking Defense  

Lawmakers ask Austin to rush Abrams sale to Poland -- Defense News  

U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report -- Warzone/The Drive  

British troops are unlikely to be deployed to Ukraine for combat — foreign minister -- TASS  

Russia may not be poised to invade Ukraine – Pentagon -- RT  

Up to 8,500 U.S. troops on heightened alert in case of Russian move on Ukraine -- Military Times 

 Lawmakers: US submarine force can help check Russian ambitions in Ukraine -- Military Times  

F-35 Crash Off Carl Vinson Is the Ship's 5th Major Mishap in 2 Months -- Military.com  

Special Operations Command's top general tests positive for COVID-19 -- The Hill  

Air Force’s first hypersonic missile could still start production this year -- Breaking Defense  

These are the longest serving weapons in the US arsenal -- SandBoxx  

Air Force Looking at How to Scale New Combat Drone Programs -- National Defense  

Contractors demonstrate single-user drone swarm at DARPA experiment -- C4ISRNet  

Image of British F-35 fished out of sea seems to emerge online -- SandBoxx  

Lukashenko calls to create task force to protect border with Ukraine -- TASS 

 Russia & China stage joint military drills (VIDEO) -- RT  

What Is Driving Turkey’s Increasing Military Cooperation With Ukraine? -- Defense Post 

 South Korean Officials Say North Korea Tested Cruise Missiles -- AP  

Your own CIA jail? Lithuania to sell secret U.S. ‘rendition’ site -- Reuters  

Denmark in dispute with African nation over troops deployment -- RT Kuwait pursues corruption charges in Eurofighter plane deal -- AP  

Weaponized drones are here — it's time for the US to act -- Armstrong Williams, The Hill

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