Saturday, October 2, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 2, 2010

Global Strike Command Reaches Full Operational Capability -- U.S. Air Force

10/1/2010 - BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) -- Officials declared Air Force Global Strike Command to be at full operational capability Sept. 30, on schedule, and less than 14 months after its initial activation as a command.

To reach that milestone, the command accomplished more than 700 action items identified by the secretary and chief of staff of the Air Force in 2009, when they chartered Global Strike Command to strengthen the nuclear enterprise by aligning all Air Force long-range nuclear-capable forces under a single command.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

F-35s Grounded for Software, Hinge Fixes -- Defense News

Russian army to go Wi-Fi -- RIA Novosti

Now, another Indian Air Force base on the China border -- Business Standard

Is Germany Putting VIPs Ahead of Troops? -- Ares/Aviation Week

BAE to Produce Airbags for German Armoured Vehicles
-- Defence Talk

British and French military establishments face 'Entente or oblivion' -- Defence Professionals

North Korea Doing New Work at Nuclear Site -- Global Security Newswire

Another Secret Army -- Strategy Page

Army Signs Remington to Upgrade Sniper Rifles
-- Defense Tech

Assessing DOD's Counter-WMD Investment -- Armchair Generalist

Army Awards $1.2 Billion NSA Data Center Contract -- Information Week Government

Six Hundred Kilobytes of War 2.0 -- Information Dissemination

U.S. Said To Need Stronger, Active Cyber Defenses -- Defense News

Woodward Hints at Powell as Next SecDef -- Military.com

Exclusive: Blackwater Wins Piece of $10 Billion Mercenary Deal -- Danger Room

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