Saturday, August 21, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 21, 2010



Laser Jet Preps for Saturday Missile Shootdown -- The Danger Room

Some time between midnight and 4 a.m. Saturday, a modified 747 flying off of the California coast will aim its laser weapon at a missile more than a hundred miles away. The order will be given for the plane to fire a beam of high-powered coherent light. The laser will start burning a hole in the skin of the short-range, liquid-fueled missile as it rises into the sky. Fifty seconds later, the missile will fall into the Pacific Ocean.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

China’s Space Power in 2010 -- Arms Control Wonk

China Says Boo To DoD Report -- DoD Buzz

Russian Mistral? Not So Fast... -- Information Dissemination

French Insist Mistral Talks with Russia on Track -- Defense News

Zombie Gunships Fly Again -- Strategy Page

German military drops case against Kunduz airstrike colonel
-- Deutsche Welle

Helicopters Equipped With Acoustic Shot Detection Bound for Afghanistan
-- Defense Tech

Memo: Approval to close JFCOM could come by Sept. 1 -- Daily Press

U.S. Biodefense Effort to be Revamped
-- Global Security Newswire

Blackwater Reaches Deal on U.S. Export Violations -- New York Times

Pentagon Releases Final Fort Hood Shooting Review -- U.S. Department of Defense

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