Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 4, 2011

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The Pentagon's Cyberstrategy, One Year Later -- CNN

For almost all of human history, man has waged war on land and at sea. Air and space emerged as potential battlefields only in the past few generations. Now, the danger of cyberwarfare rivals that of traditional war. The advent of more destructive technologies - and of their inevitable proliferation among actors willing to use them - means that the United States must strengthen its critical national networks against ever worse threats.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Piracy costs world shipping industry $9B a year -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Russia Not Decommissioning Ballistic Missile Subs: Official -- Global Security Newswire

Russian, Indian defense ministers to discuss cooperation -- RIA Novosti

Iran looks to sea as route to project power -- CBS/AP

Iraq likely to order another 18 F-16s -- UPI

US-Taiwan fighter jet deal remains grounded -- Al Jazeera

India is upgrading air bases to counter attacks: IAF chief -- Deccan Herald

IAF to induct 214 fifth generation fighter jets -- IBNLive

Planned U.K. Uranium Plant Defies Defense Cutbacks -- Global Security Newswire

Turkey establishes the National Cyber Security Coordination Foundation. -- Defense Tech

Panetta visiting Egypt amid spy suspense -- Yahoo News/AP

Secret Mission of Air Force's X-37B Robot Space Plane May Go Into Overtime -- Space.com

Navy eyes extended SSN deployments -- DoD Buzz

F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp -- Navy.mil

The US Navy's Combat Ineffective Mine Warfare Force -- Information Dissemination

West Point science building getting $105M makeover -- Wall Street Journal

WH proclaims ‘cyber-security awareness month’ -- DoD Buzz

CIA contractor faces felony assault count in Colorado -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Republican hawks use sharp rhetoric to fight deeper Pentagon budget cuts -- The Hill

Army, Weapons Programs Could Be Casualties of Cuts: Lynn -- Defense News

Pentagon: Budget pinch to exclude some priorities -- AP

Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts -- CNN

DoD Leaders Mull Retirement Sleight of Hand -- Aol Defense

Dempsey Settles in as Chairman Behind MacArthur’s Desk -- US Department of Defense

Economy to Be a Challenge for New Military Chief -- New York Times

For the Pentagon’s new chief, the battles will be political -- Paul Koring, Globe And Mail

‘Keeper of the flame’: Rep. Buck McKeon leads the fight to preserve American might -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times

The Return of the Zumwalt Guided-Missile Destroyers -- Mackenzie Eaglen and Lajos F. Szaszdi, Heritage Foundation

Obama’s Favorite Think Tank: Cut The Army, Forget Counterinsurgency -- Danger Room