Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 1, 2011

Photo: One of Israel's submarines off the Israeli coast, 2008. Tomer Appelbaum

Report: Israel Seeking To Upgrade Its Nuclear Weapons Capabilities -- Haaretz

Israel is extending the range of its Jericho 3 missiles and upgrading its sea-based cruise missiles, according to an independent U.K. commission report published in the Guardian.

Israel is working on improving its nuclear weapons capabilities, according to a report by the independent Trident commission in the United Kingdom that was published in the Guardian newspaper on Monday.

According to the report in the Guardian, Israel is extending the range of its Jericho 3 land-to-land missiles so they will have the capabilities of transcontinental missiles.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Nuclear powers plan weapons spending spree, report finds -- The Guardian

World Poised to Enter New "Era" of Nuclear Weapons: Report -- Global Security Newswire

GCHQ chief reports 'disturbing' cyber-attacks on UK -- BBC

Flying eye: Russia deploys new aerial radar -- RT

Does South Korea Need The F-35? -- AOl Defense

New Kyrgyz president calls for closure of U.S. air base -- RIA Novosti

Saudi King to Name Salman as Defense Minister: Source -- Defense News

Turkey to rewrite software source codes of 204 F-16 fighters -- Today's Zaman

Exclusive: U.S. Considers Unusual Arms Deal for Turkey -- Washington Post/Reuters

US To Maintain Military Presence in Gulf Region, Pentagon Says
-- ABC News

US says has no military operation outside Kenya borders
-- AFP

U.S will have a Gulf presence, but troop numbers uncertain, Pentagon says -- Stars and Stripes

FBI says Russians were a 'new breed' of spy -- Stars and Stripes/AP

US GI in SKorea gets 10 years in prison for rape -- Yahoo News/AP

Monday F-35 Update
-- Defense Tech

Pentagon Tester: JSF F-35 Program Risking a "Serious Mishap" -- Time

Pilots await go-ahead for F-35 flight ops
-- Air Force Times

Radar repair: New guidance for ailing Aegis -- Navy Times

Humvees Are Maxed Out; Army Needs JLTV, Says Gen. Lennox -- Aol Defense

U.S. Navy First Airship in 50 Years Revealed
-- Eagle Speak

New Littoral Combat Ship a 'Dream' in Sea Trials -- Military.com

Caffeinated beef jerky tested for military MREs -- Yahoo News/The Envoy

The defense “jobs” conundrum
-- DoD Buzz

Jobless veterans say military experience is not valued -- Reuters

An all-volunteer military poses challenges for U.S. -- Washington Post

Violence more common among kids of combat veterans -- TBO.com/AP

America's new Middle East 'mini-Nato'
-- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Reconsider Futenma relocation -- Japan Times editorial

The dangerous debate over cutting military spending
-- Robert Samuelson, Washington Post

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