Friday, April 16, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 16, 2010

Hizbullah Admits Receiving Syrian Scuds -- Jerusalem Post/AP

Group accuses Israel of blowing incident out of proportion.

Hizbullah sources confirmed on Thursday that the group had received a shipment of Scud missiles from Syria, the Kuwaiti paper Al-Rai reported.

But the missiles were old and unusable, according to the sources. Hizbullah also accused Israel of blowing the incident out of proportion to provoke a media ruckus.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Chinese Fleet Closes In On Okinawa
-- Strategy Page

Critics Slam Decision to Name Navy Ship for John Murtha -- FOX News

Pentagon Networks Targeted by ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Probes (Whatever That Means) -- The Danger Room

Armchair Generalist comments on putting biosensors in cell phones. -- Armchair Generalist

Pentagon buys 1,300 MRAPs for US Army -- Brahmand.com

Russian Mistral Purchase Leaves Neighbors Wary -- World Politics Review

Russia to upgrade Black Sea Fleet with new warships -- Armenia News

Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars

Construction begins on Adelaide's $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyers -- Adelaide Now

New Iran drones can spy and strike -- UPI

C.I.A. Document Details Destruction of Tapes -- New York Times

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