Friday, December 7, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 7, 2012



US Defense Chief: Intel 'Raises Serious Concerns' About Syria Chemical Weapons -- NBC

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Thursday that intelligence about Syrian chemical weapons "raises serious concerns" that the regime of Bashar Assad may use them against the country's own citizens.

"The whole world is watching, the whole world is watching very closely," Panetta said. "And the president of the United States has made it very clear, there will be consequences — there will be consequences if the Assad regime makes the terrible mistake by using these chemical weapons on their own people."

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

The Only Way To Survive A Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack -- Business Insider

US Troops Mass on Turkey's Syrian Border -- Military.com/UPI

Canadian federal government cancels F-35 fighter purchase -- Ottawa Citizen

Tories seek alternatives to F-35 jet as cost soars to more than $40-billion -- Globe and Mail

Japan Authorizes N. Korean Rocket Interception
-- Defense News

Indian Defenses Against Chinese And Pakistani Nukes
-- Strategy Page

Pakistan Promised Missile Armed Chinese UAVs
-- Strategy Page

Swedish Audit Exposes Funding Shortages for Core Military Units -- Defense News

China's air force holds large-scale drill amid tensions with Japan, South China Sea claimants -- FOX News/AP

CIA moved swiftly to scrub, abandon Libya facility after attack, source says -- FOX News

Senators to vote on probe of CIA interrogation program -- Reuters

U.S. Army to Asia: “We’re Back”
-- Time

Pentagon planning for multinational military operation in Mali
-- Washington Post

2012 Was the Year of the Drone in Afghanistan -- Danger Room

Military Drones Prowl US Skies -- Live Science

Iran's Latest Drone Capture Shows Why We Need Next-Gen Drones -- Business Insider

More Precision for Navy Guns -- Defense Tech

U.S. Aerospace Sales Grow, But Not Jobs: AIA -- Aol Defense

First Operational F-35 Squadron Honored in Historic Ceremony -- DoD Live

Special Operations Command leads propaganda fight -- USA Today

Submarine expert arrested after 'attempting to hand over Navy's secrets to FBI agents posing as Russian spies' -- Daily Mail

And the next secretary of defense will be ...
-- CNN

Austin, Iraq war commander, tapped for CENTCOM -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy

Iraq withdrawal prepared Austin to lead CENTCOM -- DoD Buzz

Top Pentagon lawyer, Obama loyalist Jeh Johnson resigns -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy

DoD unveils new agreement for colleges -- Marine Times

Military working dogs sink their teeth in explosive, drugs detection training -- Dvids

QUIZ: Do You Know Your US Military Operation Names? -- Business Insider

The Iron Dome Military Revolution
-- Michael Oren, Wall Street Journal

The Brotherhood of Combat
-- Thomas James Brennan, At War/New York Times

Global Insights: U.S. Army Has Crucial Role in Asia Pivot -- Richard Weitz, WPR

American Airpower = Soft Power? -- Robert Farley, The Diplomat

Business As Usual Inside Obama’s Pentagon -- Chuck Spinney, Time

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