Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 1, 2009

U.S. Army soldiers form a security perimeter as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off immediately after the troops unload for an air assault mission in Bamyan province, eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez

Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Enemy Attack Caused Last Month's U.S. Military Helicopter Collision In Iraq -- Nasdaq

U.S. Gear May Outlast Combat Troops in Iraq -- The Danger Room

Russia Busts Gang Stealing Arms For China / How China Steals U.S. Military Secrets -- Defense Technology News

Russia to build nuclear-powered 60,000-ton aircraft carrier -- RIA Novosti

Lockheed-Martin US101 Wins U.S. Presidential Helicopter Contract (updated) -- Defense Industry News

U.S. Military making do with less land -- Army Times

Costly US weapons face budget cuts under Obama -- Defense Talk

Canadian Navy quandary: One supply ship, two coasts -- Vancouver Sun

Cost overruns have military facing 'train wreck,' McCain says -- CNN

Trident subs honored but with an eye on the end -- Jacksonville.com

China Exports Its Radical New Assault Rifle -- Strategy Page

Tanker Decision is Urgent -- Worldwide War Pigs