Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 3, 2011



Iraq, U.S. To Discuss Extended Stay For Troops -- L.A. Times

Baghdad's decision comes on the same day Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, visits Iraq and warns that the U.S. needs to know soon whether a training mission will proceed.

Reporting from Baghdad — The Iraqi government agreed late Tuesday to start negotiations with U.S. officials on whether to authorize the U.S. military to remain in Iraq on a mission training Iraq's security forces after 2011.

The announcement came the same day that Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the country and warned that Washington needed a clear signal from Iraq about whether it would ask the American military stay on.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Rumors Circulate About Radiation Leak by Chinese Sub -- Chosun Ilbo

Facing our Waterloo: Swingeing cuts will put U.K. defence of the realm at risk, warn MPs -- Daily Mail

Russian army to receive 120 Iskander tactical missile systems -- RIA Novosti

Request for more F-16s by Iraq just a beginning -- Star-Telegram

Aircraft Carrier Construction Well Underway in China -- Information Dissemination

Russian Navy to outflank rivals in secrecy and low noise by 2020 -- NewsBCM

Argentina developing nuclear-powered submarine -- Daily Telegraph

'Secret' IDF missile unveiled to public for first time -- Haaretz

Corrosion Issue Won't Sink LCS: Top DoD Buyer -- Defense News

Hill Taiwan backers urge U.S. to close F-16 sale -- DoD Buzz

AF suspends ‘Jesus loves nukes’ training
-- DoD Buzz

Revenge of the Nerd: Physicist Becomes Pentagon’s Top Deputy -- Danger Room

Counterintelligence, Computers and the Cloud -- Ares/Aviation Week

AP Exclusive: Timing of US drone strike questioned -- AP

Super Sensitive Small Missile Detector -- Strategy Page

A V-22 Carried bin Laden to the Vinson -- Defense Tech

State Dept. Leads Search for Ground-to-Air Missiles -- Ares/Aviation Week

Senate Panel Keeps ‘Secret Patriot Act’ Under Wraps -- Danger Room

Doing in defense: Cuts that result in a hollow force invite mischief from our enemies -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington Times

Will Agent Orange Hurt the U.S.–South Korea Military Alliance? -- Geoffrey Cain, Time

Will military spending bankrupt the U.S.?
-- Tom Engelhardt, Salon

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,575 -- AP

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,473 -- Sacramento Bee/AP

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