Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 26, 2011

B-2 and F-117 Formation. Photo from Wikimedia

Top Five Reasons Weapons Programs Are Canceled -- Forbes

Forbes loves lists. The richest counties. The worst cars. The priciest colleges. In nearly a year of blogging for Forbes, though, I haven’t managed to produce a single list about national security, the topic about which I usually write. Clearly, this oversight needs to be corrected. But what should my list be about? The biggest contractors? The best defense secretaries? The most popular military bands on YouTube?

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia to test 90 new types of weapon in 2011 -- Xinhuanet

Logistics: North Korean Tunnels Turned Into Tombs -- Strategy Page

PRC (China) aircraft carrier could set sail this year: NSB -- Taipei Times

New Images of China’s J-15 Carrier-Based Fighter -- Defense Tech

(China) SCO military chiefs meet in Shanghai on defense, security -- Xinhuanet

S. Korea Deploys Rockets Near Border: Reports -- Defense News

Iran Boosts Combat Capability of Strategic Aircraft -- FARS News Agency (Iran)

Azerbaijan: US Military Ties with Baku are Stagnating - Experts -- Eurasianet

A Cyber Arms Race? -- Defense Tech (A Poll)

Sega Bombs, Magnet Mines: Terror Tech from WikiLeaks’ Gitmo Files -- The Danger Room

U.S.-Russia Defense Technology Pact in the Works -- Global Security Newswire

DoD Axes Joint Strike Fighter's Alt Engine -- Defense News

U.S. military orders more bomb-disposal robots -- UPI

Air Force officials announce helicopter acquisition strategy -- U.S. Air Force

SUAS: Where Operator Size Doesn't Matter -- Ares/Aviation Week

U.S. Network Would Link Defense Functions, People -- U.S. Department of Defense

After Gates: Asymmetric Threats -- Defense News

More defense cuts possible as Congress confronts debt limit -- Federal Times

U.S. Military Sees High Recruiting, Retention -- U.S. Department of Defense

At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus -- PBS Newshour

Do drones make war too easy?
-- DoD Buzz

Seeds of Obama's coming defense disaster -- James Jay Carafano, The Examiner (commentary)

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