Friday, May 28, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 28, 2010

US President Barack Obama in a national security meeting in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington on February 17. The new National Security Strategy will be unveiled Thursday. Pete Souza/The White House/Reuters/File

Economy, WMDs Top Issues In U.S. National Security Strategy -- Defense News

The Obama administration's first U.S. National Security Strategy makes clear the White House views economic revival as its top priority and a WMD attack as the nation's top threat.

Sprinkled throughout the strategy, released May 27, is ample talk about the need for, and efforts underway, to stanch the economic bleeding in the United States. The NSS calls the American economy and national prosperity "the foundation of America's strength."

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Special Operations: The McChrystal Rules -- Strategy Page

Obama Loses House F136 Vote -- DoD Buzz

Sen. Tom Coburn: America’s Fiscal Defense Crisis
-- Defense Industry Daily

Israel to Test Arrow 3 Antimissile System in 2011 -- Global Security Newswire

Japanese Lawmaker Wants Japanese Marine Corps -- War Is Boring

Italian Military Hit by 10% Budget Cut -- Defense News

The Sri Lanka Option: Brutal Dictatorships Learning Bad COIN Lessons -- Defense Tech

US Army Ground Combat Vehicle Programme Gears Up -- Defence Professionals

U.S. Artillery: Too Expensive, Too Short And Too Late To Succeed -- Strategy Page

Boeing receives first F-16 to convert into QF-16 aerial drone -- Boeing

Report: U.N. Official Seeks to Curb U.S. Drone Attacks -- CBS News

Inside the Air Force’s Secret PsyOps Plane -- The Danger Room

Major Step Ahead For Cryptography -- Space Daily

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