Friday, April 9, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 9, 2010

TIME FOR CLASS - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates teaches a class about the employment of military power to midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., April 7, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen

Gates: National Security Report Nearly Done -- AP

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday a comprehensive national security strategy report that is months overdue should be finished in the next few weeks.

President Barack Obama is required by law to submit the report within 150 days of taking office.

"We are, I think, within a few weeks of having a national security strategy, but no administration since that legislation has passed has issued a national security strategy with 150 days," Gates said.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Pentagon Expects Years of Study Before Making Changes to U.S. Nuclear War Plans -- Global Security Newswire

First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems F-35 Enters Flight Test -- Lockheed Martin

AMRAAM: Deploying & Developing America’s Medium-Range Air-Air Missile -- Defense Industry Daily

Air Force COIN Plane Buzz, Beechcraft Flies New Contest Entry -- Defense tech

My JSF is Stealthier Than Yours, Or is It? -- Military.com (Hat Tip: ELP Defens(c)e Blog)

Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars

US retiring nuclear Tomahawk missiles -- Space Daily

Mixed news for Collins class subs -- Australian Defense Magazines

Jointness a Threat To Beating China: Analyst -- Defense News

Washington Plans New Military Bases in Brazil and Peru to Contain Venezuela -- Pravda

U.S., Brazil to sign defense cooperation accord -- Washington Post/Reuters

U.S. Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan Kills 4 -- CBS News

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