Military And intelligence News Briefs -- March 3, 2011

Who Has The Fastest Warplane? Russia Tests Another Supersonic T-50 fighter. -- Christian Science Monitor

Russia today tested a second prototype of its Sukhoi T-50 fighter, a fifth-generation warplane that is said to be comparable to the US F-22 Raptor.

Russia successfully tested a second prototype of its revolutionary new "fifth-generation" fighter plane Thursday, a futuristic, ultrafast, and stealthy warbird that may be in the possession of the Russian Air Force by 2013.

If Russian claims about the Sukhoi T-50 multirole fighter are true, then the country that has made do with Soviet-era arms for the past two decades is poised to roar into the 21st century with a cutting-edge weapons system that is so advanced and complex that only the US has been able to field one.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Second Russian PAK FA Prototype Makes First Flight -- Ares/Aviation Week

China to Boost Defense Spending by 12.7% as Military Extends Global Reach -- Bloomberg

China may be spending more on its military than it lets on -- The Telegraph

India Raises Defense Budget by Nearly 12% -- Ares/Aviation Week

Milestone Nears for European Missile Defense Plan -- U.S. Department of Defense

China trains army of messenger pigeons -- The Telegraph

EADS near decision to concede Boeing tanker win -- Reuters

NATO Troops Already in Libya? -- Defense Tech

American Military Strategy in Libya -- FOX News

13 Mexican military members convicted in drug trafficking case -- CNN

Russia-France Mistral Talks Hit Snag On Price -- Defense News/AFP

Chinese building military base in Zimbabwe -- Nehanda Radio

China Seen Resisting U.S. Security Overtures -- Global Security Newswire

(Foreign) Army Strong: G.I.’s Will Keep Training Others to Fight -- The Danger Room

Electronic Weapons: Hard Times For Snipers -- Strategy Page

Aircraft Launch Bulletins Move into Digital Age with Cutting Edge Calculator -- Defence Talk

Army Prepping Integrated Battlefield Network -- Information Week

Is the Navy Trying to Start the Robot Apocalypse? -- The Danger Room

5th soldier convicted in Afghan war case -- News Tribune

WikiLeaks suspect: Where Army sees traitor, some see whistleblower -- Christian Science Monitor

U.S. Navy revamps exam regulations in wake of incident on USS Memphis -- The Day

Harvard to Let ROTC Back on Campus -- FOX News/AP

The New Virology: From Stuxnet to biobombs, the future of war by other means. -- David Hoffman, Foreign Policy (commentary)