Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 16, 2011

MIYAGI DAMAGE - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Garrett Krygier surveys the destruction in Miyagi prefecture, Japan, March 14, 2011, from an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan. Krygier is an aircrewman assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14, based on Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Tomodachi. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ben Farone

Military Rescuers Brace For Japan Radiation In U.S. Aid Flights -- Bloomberg

Low levels of radiation exposure probably will become “a fact of life” for U.S. military forces flying relief and rescue missions to aid victims of Japan’s earthquake as they near areas affected by leaks from a damaged nuclear plant, according to a U.S. Navy spokesman.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

U.S.Military monitors radiation as troops deliver humanitarian aid -- Stars And Stripes

On the Road With the U.S. Military in Japan -- Wall Street Journal

U-2 and Global Hawk Deployed to Survey Japanese Quake Damage -- Defense Tech

Russia, France struggle over Mistral contract -- RIA Novosti

British Carrier Aviation Disappears For Awhile -- Strategy Page

Probe of U.K. Carriers Planned -- Ares/Aviation Week

Britain won't scrap spy planes -- UPI

Royal British Legion rejects Government plans for military covenant -- The Telegraph

Israeli Defense Ministry looking to boost ties with South Korea -- Jerusalem Post

S. Korean, U.S. military officials meet -- UPI

China flexes its military muscles -- CNN

Air Force Gears Up for Hypersonic Missile Test -- AolNews

Auditors: F-35 will need 'unprecedented' levels of funding to continue -- The Hill

Some JSFs cleared to fly after fleet grounded -- Navy Times

Some JSFs Return to Flying, Others Remain Grounded -- Defense News

HASC Presses Hard on F136 -- DoD Buzz

Obstacles Ahead for M4 Replacement -- Military.com

Military Grilled on Planned Submarine Missile Capacity Cut -- Global Security Newswire

BAE Systems, Dassault propose MALE unmanned aerial system -- Defpro

Global Hawk/BAMS - Common Sense (-and-Avoid) Prevails -- Ares/Aviation Week

U.S. Drones Are Now Sniffing Mexican Drugs -- The Danger Room

Northrop Approves Shipbuilding Spinoff -- Statesman

Senate Committee Confirms Dempsey as U.S. Army Chief -- Defense News

Boston conference focuses on preventing suicides by veterans through community services -- Canadian Press/AP

U.S. military blocks sites to free space for quake relief -- CNET News

U.S. Sours on War in Afghanistan -- Jarrett Stepman, Human Events (commentary)

7 in 10 Americans support allowing women in ground combat -- Washington Post

iPads, Android tablets and smartphones join the military -- Computer World

Last American World War I veteran receives a hero's burial with full military honours -- The Daily Mail