Thursday, June 3, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 3, 2010

Pentagon Defends Six Costly Weapons Programs -- Reuters

The Pentagon told Congress on Tuesday the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program and five other big weapons programs were vital to national security and should continue despite big cost overruns that triggered live-or-die reviews.

The U.S. Defense Department told lawmakers that all six programs met five conditions required to keep them going under the Nunn-McCurdy law which requires detailed reviews once a program's unit costs rise 50 percent above initial estimates.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars

Lockheed Sketches a Few F-35B Problems -- Defense News

1st female fighter pilot chosen to command wing -- Air Force Times

Bundeswehr (Germany) Might Be Cut By 100,000 Troops -- Defense News

India, U.S. Launch Strategic Talks -- Global Security Newswire

Reining in Defense Costs
-- Armchair Generalist

DOD’s Guns Versus Butter Debate -- DoD Buzz

Phasing Out Morphine -- Strategy Page

Lieberman Bill Gives Feds ‘Emergency’ Powers to Secure Civilian Nets
-- The Danger Room

Or, Maybe the Military’s GPS System Has Been Hacked -- Defense Tech

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