Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 2, 2010






U.S.-Russia Treaty Stalls Over Obama Missile Defense Plan -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — Negotiations to complete a new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty have stalled over a Russian demand for the option to withdraw unilaterally if Moscow determines that U.S. missile defenses would threaten its intercontinental nuclear missile force, a senior U.S. official said Monday.

Similar "unilateral statements" have been included in previous arms control treaties, and the former Bush administration used one in 2002 to abrogate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the former Soviet Union.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Carter Orders JSF Changes -- DoD Buzz

Obama Team Might Speed Up Disassembly of Older Nuclear Warheads -- Global Security Newswire

Army looks to speed up technology transfer -- Army.mil

EFV Has MRAP-Level Protection, Conway Says -- Defense News

US Lawmakers criticize shipbuilding budget
-- Government Executive

Does the US Navy Suffer From Budget Blindness? -- New Wars

Putin: Russia to build new strategic bomber -- Breitbart/AP

US Marines bring solar energy to the battlefield -- Defense Systems

Taking Back ... The Infantry Half-Kilometer
-- Winds Of Change

House Passes Intel Bill After Stripping CIA Punishment Proposal -- FOX News

Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet -- Threat Level

Cyber War = Space War -- Defense Tech

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