Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 14, 2011

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington D.C., Oct. 13, 2011. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified on the welfare of the U.S. military 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo

Panetta: Cutting Too Deep Would Devastate Military -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Defense leaders and members of Congress drew a line in the sand Thursday, saying the Pentagon must be spared from any budget cuts beyond an initial plan to slash at least $450 billion over the next 10 years.

The military, they said, must not take even deeper cuts -- a looming threat if lawmakers fail to agree on $1.2 trillion in federal budget savings by Thanksgiving and instead allow automatic cuts to kick in.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

‘Russia will find cheap reply to US missile defense’ - Lavrov -- RT

Taiwan plans missile deployment in disputed islands -- AFP

China Military Planes Lead to Tripling of Japan Jet Scrambles -- Wall Street Journal

China fighter jet crashes at air show, pilot missing -- AFP

Belarus KGB Gets Tough New Powers as Anger Grows -- New York Times

US surge force to stay in Afghanistan through 'fighting season': Panetta -- AFP

F-35 Pilots’ New Helmet -- Defense Tech

Marines: Actually, Our Tiltrotor Is ‘Effective And Reliable’ (Never Mind Those Accidents) -- Danger Room

Panetta Opposes "Any Reductions" to Nuclear Complex Modernization Budget -- Global Security Newswire

Navy Drops Advanced Radar From Aegis Upgrade -- Aviation Week

KC-46: Model Program, Yet Potential Delays Exist -- Defense News

U.S. Lawmakers Nix Light-Attack Aircraft Proposal -- Defense News

Dempsey ‘Concerned’ Whether U.S. Can Afford Three F-35 Models -- Bloomberg

Lockheed tests military satellite -- UPI

Army must maintain conventional warfare skills, Panetta says -- Stars and Stripes

Panetta: Military retirement changes shouldn’t affect current troops -- Washington Post

U.S. Troops in Afghanistan: Guns, Tattoos and Eyebrow Threading -- ABC News

Judge tosses Iraq vet's lawsuit over 'Hurt Locker' -- Stars and Stripes

Why Defense Cuts Don't Make Sense -- Buck Mckeon, Wall Street Journal

Hope, Innovation, Risk: How to Survive The Shrinking Army -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Aol Defense