Thursday, July 15, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 15, 2010


Nanotech Sonar Speakers And Microphones Could Make Subs Stealthier -- Popular Science

Carbon nanotubes could provide better stealth technology for submarines, helping them to "see" other undersea objects while remaining invisible to enemy subs. A report in ACS Nano Letters details a new application of a previously-known property of sheets of carbon nanotubes just a fraction of the width of a human hair that nonetheless can generate sound and cancel out noise far better than current sound-generating tech.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Submarines: American SSGNs Prowl The Pacific -- Strategy Page

Unmanned Option for Future U.S. Air Dominance -- War Is Boring

In a First, Full-Sized Robo-Copter Flies With No Human Help -- The Danger Room

Navy extends Northrop drone's stint in Persian Gulf by one year -- Daily Herald

Boeing F-15 Silent Eagle Demonstrator Makes 1st Flight -- Space War

Strategy Emerges To Prevent More U.S. C-17 Funding
-- Defense News

LCS Alternative Weekly -- New Wars

GD-RAFAEL’s Reactive Armor Equips US Military -- Defense Industry Daily

General Sir David Richards to lead the U.K. military -- The Daily Mail

Canada to Build 2 Navy Supply Ships for C$2.6 Billion -- Bloomberg Businessweek

State Push or Commercial Pull Driving China’s Naval Modernization? -- Defense Tech

Russia, China to design, build heavy-lift helicopter -- RIANovosti

Russia puts forward a new generation S-500 missile system -- AvioNews

U.K.: A Trident nuclear submarine could be cut to save costs -- BBC

Somalia's al-Shabab Wants to Join Terror's Big League -- Time Magazine

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