Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 25, 2009

F-35 (Photo from The Daily Mail)

US Guards JSF Crown Jewels -- DoD Buzz

The Pentagon, after years and years of deliberation and heavy pressure from Britain, has finally decided it will not share the all-important computer source code for the Joint Strike Fighter.

Sharing source code would, in the words of one close observer of the program, “turn the British JSF into a Trojan Horse.” The message this source would send the British: “Yes we love you… but who are those third party nationals from the EU working for you? And how do we know we can trust them?”

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Indian Ballistic Missile Test Deemed a Failure -- Global Security Neswire

Presidential Helo Restart Possible Next Spring -- Defense News

Submarine accident reflects crisis in navy -- RIA Novosti

'Secret U.S.-Japanese Nuclear Pact' Revealed -- Chosun Ilbo

Contract Win to Progress Next Generation Warships for Royal Navy -- BAE Systems

Google Reveals Chinese Eyes On Russia -- Strategy Page

Celebrities thank troops at Thanksgiving concert -- U.S. Air Forces Central

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