Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 5, 2011

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. RIA Novosti

Russia’s Foreign Minister Says Libya, Missile Defense Issues Hinder NATO-Russia Cooperation -- Washington Post/AP

SOCHI, Russia — Differences over the war in Libya and missile defense plans are hindering efforts to build a strategic partnership between NATO and Russia, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday.

“The dialogue is not proceeding as easily as we expected after the Lisbon summit,” Sergey Lavrov said, referring to the meeting of Russia’s and NATO’s heads of state in the Portuguese capital in November, when the former Cold War rivals decided to forge a close partnership.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Iran's IRGC to test supersonic missiles at sea: commander -- People's Daily

USFK Chief Plays Down N.Korean Military Threat -- Chosun Ilbo

Taiwan in naval stealth technology breakthrough: Report -- Straits Times

Russia to show its bomb detection technologies at NATO meeting in Sochi
-- RIA Novosti

US hesitates on Philippine arms -- Al Labita, Asia Times

Russian military exposes another extortion case -- RIA Novosti

Russian frigate project for Navy likely to be delayed -- Indian Express

New Russian corvette Soobrazitelny unveiled -- RIA Novosti

UAV NEWS: Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view
-- Space Daily

Big Week for China Air Power -- David Axe, The Diplomat

A Small-Ship Strategy for Countering China -- Offiziere.ch

PLAN activity outside of Varyag
-- Information Dissemination

Maiden voyage of China’s first aircraft carrier delayed a month -- Defence Web

Warplanes: China's First Master Designer -- Strategy Page

Israeli military enlisting frontline rabbis
-- Reuters

N.Korean Military's Morale 'Weakening'
-- Chosun Ilbo

U.S. Army program works to make soldiers fit in body and mind -- Washington Post

No US intention yet to replace P-3C Orions -- International News

F-22: The Most Expensive Hanger Queens In History -- Strategy Page

2012 Proposed Military Pay Charts -- Military.com

OpEd: Germany’s Shallow Remorse of Selling Big Guns -- Defpro editorial

The CIA’s exoneration and Holder’s reckoning -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post

Political games undermine America's military strength -- Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, Post & Courier

What to do with terror suspects? -- Washington Post editorial

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