Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 13, 2011

A Turkish Air Force F-16 jet fighter prepares to take off from an air base in the central anatolian city of Konya in this April 28, 2010 file photo. (Photo: Reuters)

Report: Turkish Warplanes Now Able To Fire At Israeli Targets -- YNet News

Ankara's Star Gazete says country's new F-16 radar system modified to recategorize Israeli targets as hostile. Order said to come directly from PM Erdogan's office; naval, submarine radar systems to be changed next.

Turkey has developed a new radar system for its US-made F-16 fighter jets that will allow them to fire at Israeli targets, Ankara's Star Gazete reported on Tuesday. The orders to modify the system reportedly came directly from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Report: Israel no longer ‘friend’ for Turkey’s F-16s, warships -- Today's Zaman

London hosts massive arms exhibition
-- AP

Cluster bombs: Lebanon conference aims for eradication -- BBC

The Big Shrink Begins In Britain -- Strategy Page

India: A tiger awakes to challenge Chinese military -- Financial Times

Is the J-20 Already Conducting Weapon Trials? -- Ares/Aviation Week

China military buildup giving US sleepless nights: lawmaker -- Times of India

Russian military to train more snipers for new wars and possible revolts -- RIA Novosti

North Korea Has Technical Motive For New Nuke Test, Expert Says -- Global Security Newswire

NATO Boss Addresses Command and Capabilty Gaps -- Ares/Aviation Week

NATO's Rasmussen calls for open defense markets
-- Reuters

U.S. Congress Pushes for Taiwan F-16s With TAMA -- Defense News

Lindsey Graham: 3,000 GIs in Iraq a 'disaster' -- Politico

Marines Create Group To Push For More Amphibs -- Aol Defense

Fire Shadow Takes To The Sea -- Ares/Aviation Week

Red, white and solar: 160,000 military homes to get rooftop arrays -- Miami Herald

New enlisted barracks give troops a sense of home -- North County Times

Pentagon racks up $720 million in late fees since 2001 -- Stars and Stripes

How the US gets military intelligence and where it goes -- Rome News Tribune

Study warns US must develop cyber intelligence -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Armed Services chairman: Obama is anti-military -- Washington Times

Panetta To Meet With Aerospace Industry -- Defense News

Leon Panetta: The Battle-Tested Politician -- Rachel Martin, NPR

The back door to Doomsday -- DoD Buzz

Lawmakers, Industry Gear Up For Budget Battle -- Aol Defense

A Lesser Future for Supercarriers? Why cutting the fleet might be quite reasonable. -- James Hasik

Defense spending must have credit limits -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Cyber Terrorism Now at the Top of the List of Security Concerns -- Defense Tech

Is a ‘cyber 9/11′ inevitable? -- DoD Buzz

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