Thursday, February 10, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 10, 2011


Iran Claims to Have Its Own Carrier Killer Missile -- Defense Tech

Speaking of carrier killers, Iran now claims to be developing its own fleet of anti-carrier ballistic missiles. Too bad they don’t exactly sound like they can hold U.S. carriers at risk, since their range is about 185 miles.

From AFP:

Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari, who heads the elite military force, the Revolutionary Guards, said the missile had a range of 300 kilometres (185 miles).

“Iran is mass producing a smart ballistic missile for sea targets with a speed three times more than the speed of sound,” Jafari was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.


MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Is China’s J-20 Stealth Jet a Carrier Killer? -- Defense Tech

Russia may deliver first upgraded MiG to India in 2011 -- RIA Novosti

Why the Russian Space Plane Won’t Fly
-- The Danger Room

Scrapping Nimrod is a defence risk, top MoD official says -- The Guardian

David Cameron 'committed to full Trident replacement' -- BBC

Pentagon Budget Request for Weapons Will Be $7 Billion Less Than Forecast -- Bloomberg

Defense Pundits Tackle Myths and Truths about the Military Budget -- National Defense

Pentagon: Drones Can Stop the Next Darfur
-- The Danger Room

Fire Scout To Gather Intel, Hunt Pirates -- Aviation Week

USAF Scaled Back Vision for New Bomber
-- Defense News

A Sooner Boomer: DoD OKs SSBN-X -- DoD Buzz

Army wants 36 more 'Punisher' weapons in 2012 -- Army.mil

DARPA ‘Crowd Sources’ Combat Vehicle Design -- U.S. Army

Global Impact (because of the F-35) -- Ares/Aviation Week

Canada, your faulty F-35s won’t be on time -- ELP Defens(c)e Blog

Electronic Weapons: Weapons You Don't Expect -- Strategy Page

Pentagon Welcomes Mergers Except for Top Six Suppliers -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Commandant maps out future Corps
-- Marine Times

Military headquarters in Va. losing 2,300 jobs -- Washington Post

Terror Threat 'Most Heightened' Since 9/11, Napolitano Says
-- ABC News

War widows dispute tax on benefits -- Washington Post

J.P. Morgan Apologizes for Military Foreclosures -- Wall Street Week

Bank returns seized homes to military families
-- Boston.com

US female military personnel likely to consider deserting -- Birmingham Star

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