Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 13, 2011



Iran To 'Reverse Engineer' US Drone -- The Telegraph

Iran claimed that it had begun exploiting a US drone equipped with the latest radar evading technology on Monday as officials warned that the downed machine could be shared with America's rivals.

Parviz Sorouri, an MP on parliament's foreign policy committee, said that Iranian experts were in the final stages of recovering the data from the surveillance drone, which was captured on Iranian territory last week.

Tehran has paraded the loss of the drone as a blow to the US and claimed it plans to reproduce the technology. It said its security forces had shot the drone down using previously secret air defence systems.

The drone, which is made from the latest 'stealth' technology, has been presented as a valuable windfall for its defence scientists.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

It Won’t Be Easy for Iran to Dissect, Copy U.S. Drone -- Danger Room

Iran shrugs off US request to return spy drone -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Iran 'indicts 15 spies for US and Israel' -- The Telegraph

Report Says British Army Did Not Receive Required Armoured Vehicles
-- Defpro

Australia seeks European designs on $36 bln submarine fleet -- Reuters

The Global Military Aircraft Market 2011-2021 -- Market Watch

Iraq to buy 18 fighter jets from U.S. -- USA Today

Reports: Japan likely to buy US F-35 fighters
-- Washington Examiner/AP

A Few Hacker Teams Do Most China-Based Data Theft -- Military.com

China considers Seychelles military base plan -- The Telegraph

CIA’s Drone War In Pakistan Will Use Afghan Bases
-- Danger Room

Four Army Aviators Dead After Military Helicopters Crash in Washington State -- FOX News

Lockheed Martin gets $4B military jet contract -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Top Senators Express Dismay Over Latest F-35 Deal -- Defense News

Tank Snipers! -- Military.com

U.S. Air Force Orders Single Predator C Avenger
-- Defense News

Marines Give Counter-IED Program More Bite -- Aol Defense

House, Senate negotiators strike deal on defense bill -- Washington Times

Deal reached on DoD authorization bill -- The Hill

Highlights from the defense auth bill
-- DoD Buzz

Democratic senator finds House defense bill riddled with earmarks -- Stars and Stripes/McClatchy Newspapers

2012 U.S. Military Pay Raise Faces Delays -- Military.com

Panel investigating mishandling of military remains to meet -- CNN

Ex-Blackwater firm gets a name change, again -- Washington Post

At Army base, intimate and isolated, a soldier’s death brings intense emotion -- Washington Post

The President and the Generals -- Richard A. Clarke, New York Times

Countering an EMP attack
-- Ed Feulner, The Washington Times

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