Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 10, 2010

A gunner in a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 5 SH-3H Sea King helicopter mans an M-60 machine gun as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower transits the Suez Canal below following a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank A. Marquart

Chiarelli: Enemy Acquiring Technology Faster -- TMC Net

PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 5, 2010) -- The Army needs to modernize the way it's allowed to buy technology, so it can put the best tools in the hands of the warfighter faster than the enemy pushes technology out to its foot soldiers, said the Army's vice chief of staff.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

China urges closer military ties with Australia -- AP

Chinese Warships Tour the Mediterranean -- Defense News

Russia plans major defense budget upgrade -- Space Wars

U.S. to Sell F-15s to Saudis -- Wall Street Journal

Israel to finalize JSF purchase plans -- Jerusalem Post

Russia tests two intercontinental missiles -- Defense Talk

German Military Reform Could Halve Ground Forces -- Spiegel Online

RAF Ruffled by Review -- Ares/Aviation Week

US Secretary Of Defense Gates: ‘Culture of Savings and Restraint’ -- DoD Buzz

Special Forces’ Robocopter Spotted in Belize -- The Danger Room

MOPping Up: The USA’s 30,000 Pound Bomb -- Defense Industry Daily

Recess sets aside several controversial US defense issues -- The Hill

Intelligence Sharing: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows -- Strategy Page

US engineer convicted of selling secrets to China -- AP

Wikileaks Fiasco Exposes Gaping Holes in Cyber Domain -- Defense Tech

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