Strategic Intelligence Summary for 05 April 2018

Foreign Intelligence
By Jon Dougherty
Strategic Intelligence contains intelligence reporting on the state of global security and instability, geostrategic issues affecting the United States, pre-war indicators, and assessments on the current risk of war. This report is available each week for Strategic Intelligence subscribers. In this Strategic Intelligence Summary: (4,605 words) Incoming NSA chief to target Russia Russia was mapping […]
Strategic Intelligence contains intelligence reporting on the state of global security and instability, geostrategic issues affecting the United States, pre-war indicators, and assessments on the current risk of war. This report is available each week for Strategic Intelligence subscribers.
In this Strategic Intelligence Summary: (4,605 words)
  • Incoming NSA chief to target Russia
  • Russia was mapping the U.S. fiber-optic network in Seattle
  • Shadow banking seen as a risk to China’s growing debt crisis
  • U.S. Army looking to change fitness standards, lengthen Basic as it prepares for great-power war
  • U.S. Army to prioritize upgrades to artillery
  • First Russian S-400 missile defense system delivered to China
  • U.S. Navy’s new frigates could be the most powerful warships ever
  • Israeli F-35s breach Iranian airspace — undetected
  • South China Sea; Russia/NATO; North Korea; Middle East
  • Former Russian double agents fear for their lives in U.S., abroad
Jon Dougherty

Jon E. Dougherty is a political, foreign policy and national security analyst and reporter with nearly 30 years of experience in both fields. A U.S. Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, he holds BA in Political Science from Ashford University and an MA in National Security Studies/Intelligence Analysis from American Military University.

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