Monday, May 24, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 24, 2010



COIN in Real Life -- Defense Tech

We’ve had a lot of discussion at Defense Tech and across other Military​.com properties about counterinsurgency and how COIN theory should be applied in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. The echo chamber in DC and military centers of excellence are wallpapered with treatises from think tanks and other annointed 500-pound brains.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Gates Gone Early Next Year? -- DoD Buzz

Obama Outlines Changes to U.S. Security Doctrine -- Global Security Newswire

Britain's Defense Choices: What To Cut -- Defense News

South Korean Navy to get new course after loss of Cheonan -- Joong Ang Daily

Intelligence: Killing Snowflakes (Taliban fears on being spied on) -- Strategy Page

Course correction in carriers’ future -- Sign On San Diego

Study Calls for Halt of UK Carrier/JSF Programme
-- Defence Professionals

Hawaii's Hickam base preparing for arrival of its F-22 Raptors -- Honolulu Advertiser

Floating Causeway Boosts Hospital Ship Ops -- War Is Boring

Pentagon to Troop-Killing Superbugs: Resistance is Futile -- The Danger Room

Shalikashvili Says, Repeal DADT Now -- Armchair Generalist

GPS is getting an $8-billion upgrade -- L.A. Times

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