Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Military And intelligence News Briefs -- March 2, 2011



New Generation of Military Gadgets Coming, From Large Spy Systems to Tiny Drones -- FOX News

What you might have only expected to see in a James Bond movie has now become mission possible, as the Pentagon is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the development of tiny drones and large unmanned aerial systems that take military surveillance and even military offense into the next millennium.

Take, for example, the nano-hummingbird.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Military Sensors Catch The Scent Of Roadside Bombs -- NPR

Russia Sets Arms Export Record of $10B -- Defense News

Economic Recession has no Effect on Arms Sales: SIPRI -- Ares/Aviation Week

Teal Group Predicts Worldwide UAV Market Will Total Just Over $94 Billion in Its Just Released 2011 UAV Market Profile and Forecast -- PR Newswire

Teal Group Predicts Global UAV Market to Total Some $94 Billion -- Defpro

British troops on front line in Afghanistan told they face the sack -- The Telegraph

Britain Axes 11,000 Armed Forces Jobs: Government -- Defense News

RAF has just eight pilots capable of flying ground attack missions in new Typhoon -- The Guardian

Audit Blames Typhoon Overrun on Over-optimism -- Defense News

Life after Nimrod -- Defence Management

US-S. Korea joint military drills enter 2nd day -- Xinhuanet

S. Korea to get first early warning plane -- UPI

U.S. Central Command ‘friending’ the enemy in psychological war -- Washington Times

US warship headed to Libya: officials -- AFP

F-22s Could Test Libya's Air Defenses -- Ares/Aviation Week

Prompt Global Strike Likely Hypersonic Glider, Not ICBM --Defense Tech

Army cyber unit expands as fast as it can -- Defense Systems

Army Making Big Move to Training, Equipping Small Units
-- Ares/Aviation Week

Military's Aid to For-Profit Colleges Needs Oversight, Investigators Say -- Bloomberg

Lt. Gen. John Kelly, who lost son to war, says U.S. largely unaware of sacrifice -- Washington Post

Elite Universities Slow to Welcome Back ROTC -- FOX News

Army’s Big PT Test Changes -- Military.com

Troops, Vets Find Vindication On The Supreme Court -- NPR

It’s His Special Operations World. You Just Get Hunted In It.
-- The Danger Room

Do No-Fly Zones Work? Yes, but they might not stop Qaddafi. -- Joshua E. Keating, Foreign Policy

US military assistance for foreign forces: a wise investment? -- Christian Science Monitor

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