Saturday, December 3, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 3, 2011


OMB, DoD Agree On $523B 2013 Budget; Budget Chicken Begins -- Aol Defense

WASHINGTON: President Obama's defense budget for 2013 implements the start of the $500 billion in budget cuts required by the Budget Control Act but does not address the additional $600 billion in cuts triggered by the Super Committee's failure.

The most important implication deduced from the chart above would be that the administration has begun playing budget chicken since it does not include any cuts that would be required by the sequestration triggered by Congress' failure to cut $1.2 trillion last month.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

White House renews veto threat on defense bill -- AP

U.S. mulls Israeli anti-rocket system buy -- UPI

Before and After Photos of Iran’s Destroyed Missile Base -- Defense Tech

U.K. Plans Subterranean Plutonium Storage Site
-- Global Security Newswire

Royal Navy warships return home for Christmas -- New Telegraph

Delivery of New Russian Attack Sub Postponed for 2012 -- Ares/Aviation Week

Abandoned Soviet Outpost: Glimpses of a Forgotten, Forbidden City
-- Spiegel Online

Australian navy officer in spanking scandal -- The Telegraph

U.S. Releases Nuclear Missile, Bomber Counts -- Global Security News

Pentagon: Slow F-35 Production
-- Defense Tech

F-35 fighter program will feel impact of Pentagon budget cuts -- McClathcy News

F136, Rest In Peace; GE, Rolls Formally Declare It's Over -- Aol Defense

GE, Rolls announce end to engine development -- DoD Buzz

6th Fleet to get four destroyers to build missile defense system -- Stars and Stripes

Military's secret shuttle passes test, remains in orbit -- Florida Today

Cyber security bill promotes sharing of threat data -- CNN

Charges of "Cruelty" by a Second Navy Female Skipper Substantiated -- Time

Lawmakers Push to Save Spy Program for Commercial Satellites
-- Bloomberg Businessweek

Intelligence: The Wi-Fi Eyes Have It -- Strategy Page

Spy Agencies Cut Their Holiday Parties
-- Wall Street Journal

The risks of military cutbacks
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post

Men Convicted in Death of SEAL's Working Dog
-- Military.com

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