Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 1, 2010



One Military Network Cut Off From Cables -- Yahoo News/Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department has cut off a U.S. military computer network from its database of diplomatic cables after WikiLeaks obtained more than 250,000 such cables, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the system was the U.S. military's Secret Internet Protocol Router Network, known as SIPRNet, believed to have been the ultimate source for the cables obtained by the whistleblower website.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

IDF installs new information security safeguards -- Jerusalem Post

Merchants Of Death: The big arms companies based in the U.S. are likely to create a record in arms sales worldwide this year. -- Frontline

Oil boom and terror fears fuel African defence spending spree
-- Defense Web

Russia to place air and space defenses under unified command in 2011 -- RIA Novosti

Russia Dismisses Report of Nuclear Deployment Near NATO Borders -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Russia Chooses 4-Warhead ICBM To Replace Topol-M -- Defense News

Clock Ticks On New START -- Ares/Aviation Week

British MOD completes review into women in close combat roles
-- Defpro

Landmines Forever
-- Strategy Page

European Navies Train for Coastal Warfare -- War Is Boring

Rivals Target JSF -- Aviation Week

Marines’ Instant Gunship Blasts Taliban, Pentagon Bureaucracy -- The Danger Room

U.S. Coast Guard Orders New Cutter -- Defense News

U.S. Army Relaunches FCS Son -- DoD Buzz

U.S. Military Pay Freeze Floated -- DoD Buzz

Preparations underway for first landing of X-37B -- Vandenberg Air Force base

Pentagon Boss Is Not Sweating WikiLeaks -- The Danger Room

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