Thursday, December 16, 2010

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 16, 2010

(Credit: Air Force Research Laboratory)

PlayStations Power Air Force Supercomputer -- CNET

PlayStations have seen plenty of army action with games like Call of Duty: Black Ops. Now they're doing real-life military duty as part of the Condor Cluster, a U.S. Air Force supercomputer whose off-the-shelf components include more than 1,700 Sony PS3 processors.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia delays Bulava missile test to 2011 - agency -- Reuters

New Russian Ballistic Missile Sub to Join Navy in 2011 -- Global Security Newswire

Russia's too thin 'designer' uniform leads to pneumonia and flu -- The Telegraph

Air Weapons: Tank Seeking Little Robots Head East -- Strategy Page

RAF Could be Reduced to Just Six Fighter Squadrons by 2020
-- Defense Tech

Germany to cease drafting military conscripts next month -- Deutsche Welle

North Korean Nuke Program Advancing, U.S. Says
-- Global Security Newswire

Italian court increases sentences for 23 CIA agents -- AFP

Boeing Killer Drone Heads West for Tests -- War is Boring

Amos: F-35B Won’t Be Ready for Ops by 2012
-- Defense Tech

New House Armed Services guy confused about the F-35? ….Yup… -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog

U.S. Senate spending bill funds second F-35 engine -- Reuters

LCS Measure Approved by U.S. House -- Defense News

New HASC Chairman Wants Less Budget Turmoil -- Defense News

Senate Approps Cuts $10 Billion off Defense Budget -- DoD Buzz

Family of Patterns Competition for the Future of Army Camouflage -- Tactical Gear And Military Clothing News

Air Force defends WikiLeaks news cutoff -- CNN

Is Solitary Confinement A Form Of Torture For Army's Alleged WikiLeaks' Source? -- NPR

Smartphones Going Into Battle, Army Says -- FOX News

Navy, Marines Game Out Their Future -- Ares/Aviation Week

Sexual assault reports spike in U.S. military academies, report shows
-- CNN

Wanted: Space Strategy -- DoD Buzz

Stuxnet 'virus' could be altered to attack US facilities, report warns -- Christian Science Monitor

Stuxnet Cometh: Defence Agencies Prepare for Next Generation Warfare -- Defence Professionals

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