Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 24, 2015

Bloomberg: Drone-Strike Rules Under Review After Hostages Mistakenly Killed

President Obama says U.S. was unaware of the presence of the two hostages when a compound was targeted in January.

By the time missiles slammed into an al-Qaeda hideout in Pakistan, the site had been under surveillance by U.S. drones and satellites for hundreds of hours.

Confidence that the compound was a meeting place for senior al-Qaeda officials was based on intelligence that turned out to be tragically incomplete, as President Barack Obama publicly acknowledged on Thursday. The U.S. was unaware of the presence of two hostages, American aid worker Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian national, when the compound was hit by a drone strike in January.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 24, 2015

Obama administration review of deadly drone strike likely to focus on intelligence holes -- FOX News

Hostages’ deaths raise wider questions about drone strikes’ civilian toll -- Washington Post

Military experts fear Saudi Arabia’s strategy in Yemen is failing -- FOX News

With the latest anti-Assad offensive, Syria's civil war is reaching a tipping point -- NOW Lebanon

Hizbollah 'drone airstrip' discovered in Lebanon -- The Telegraph

Pentagon dismisses Moscow claim of U.S. troops in Ukraine combat zone -- Reuters

US plans globally integrated military operations — Russia’s intelligence -- ITAR-TASS

US ‘Masterminds’ All Present-Day Military Conflicts – Russian General Staff -- Sputnik

France’s return of €1.5-bln prepayment for Mistrals acceptable to Russia — source -- ITAR-TASS

Moscow Values Hollande's Offer to Return Money for Mistral Deal -- Sputnik

Russia to Strengthen Military Contingent in Baltic Region -- Sputnik

Russia Conducts Simulated Launches of Iskander-M Missiles -- Sputnik

'For the past decade, Russia has been re-arming on a grand scale' -- The Telegraph

Russia to carry on with modern weapons supplies to Cuba — Defense Minister Shoigu -- ITAR-TASS

India and France Begin 10-Day Naval Exercise Christened 'Varuna' -- NDTV

Norway Announces Army Modernization, Creation of Northern Air Defense -- Sputnik

From second hand boots to ex-Army tanks: Britain's military surplus for sale -- The Telegraph

Abe's message to the US: Japan is no free-rider on defense, so be there for us -- Reuters

US to Deliver F-35 Fighter Jets to Israel in 2016 -- Sputnik

Pentagon can’t account for $1 billion in Afghan reconstruction aid -- McClatchy News

House Markup Includes Bomber Oversight -- Defense News

Pentagon Announces New Strategy for Cyberwarfare -- NYT

New Pentagon Strategy Warns of Cyberwar Capabilities -- AP

Russians hacked Pentagon network, Carter says -- CNN

Love, not war: Pentagon courts Silicon Valley -- CNN

Why the Pentagon is wooing Silicon Valley (and the valley is playing hard to get) -- Christian Davenport, Washington Post

GOP bill would grant immigrants citizenship for military service -- The Hill

Eight Women Complete Week One of Army Ranger School -- Military.com

Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus Gets Probation and Fine for Sharing Military Secrets -- Time/AP

Don’t constrain military-driven innovation -- Michael Breen, The Hill

Want to shoot machine guns with the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden? That’ll be $50,000, please. -- Washington Post

Defense contractors are feeling the squeeze of weak US defense spending -- Reuters

Families stream to battlefields for 100th year of Gallipoli -- AP