Friday, February 10, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 10, 2012



Israel's Mossad Trained Assassins Of Iran Nuclear Scientists, Report Says -- Haaretz

U.S. officials confirm link between clandestine Israeli operations and People’s Mujahedin of Iran activists, according to NBC News report.

Mossad officials are training Iranian dissident activists to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists, a NBC News report citing U.S. officials said on Thursday. The report noted, however, that Washington was not directly involvement in the alleged attacks.

The report by NBC News followed Iranian accusations that Israel and the U.S. had been orchestrating attacks against Iranian scientists and military officials associated with Iran's nuclear program.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Commander: Iran's Air Defense Fully Prepared to Repel Enemy Threats -- FARS News Agency (Iran)

Israel Readies Test Of Integrated Air Defense
-- Aviation Week

IDF submarine fleet bans dual citizenship -- YNet News

Russia to Convert Belgorod Submarine for Special Missions
-- RIA Novosti

Deputy PM Rogozin Urges Russian Defense Industry Upgrade -- RIA Novosti

Missile Systems, Patrol Ships on Belgium’s ‘Urgent’ List -- Defense News

First Dutch F-35 Nears
-- Ares/Aviation Week

Singapore Airshow Raises Fighter Industry Stakes in Asia -- Defense News

Exclusive: U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China
-- Reuters

Mideast, European Allies Eye Fire Scout Drone -- Aol Defense

U.S. Dismisses China’s Role in Downing of Drone
-- Washington Free Beacom

US military seeks more access to Philippines ports -- Business Recorder

Analysis: In cyber era, militaries scramble for new skills -- Reuters

Amphibious Network Lets Marines Share Data From 250 Miles Away -- Danger Room

Navy Moving Ahead With Railgun Demo -- Defense Tech

F-22 Fighter Crash Questions Linger: Pentagon Reviews Air Force Report -- ABC news

U.S. military meals redux: More fruit and vegetables, less fat -- L.A. Times

Exclusive: First Look at Army's New Combat Pants -- Military.com

Air Force Trains Flight Attendants for VIP Trips -- ABC News/AP

Bradley Manning to face formal trial on February 23
-- The Guardian

The Truth Behind Competing Claims About the DoD Budget -- Defense News

CSBA: Pentagon must plan for more cuts -- DoD Buzz

Aviation Week Provides Intelligence and Insight into 2013 U.S. Defense Budget -- Market Watch

An Insider's Guide To Decoding the Pentagon Budget
-- Aol Defense

An army under fire from elf'n'safety and a busybody culture making babies of us all
-- Max Hastings, Daily Mail

How Japan, US may break 18-year deadlock over Okinawa base -- Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor

Keeping Marriage From Becoming a Casualty of War -- Heather Sweeney, New York Times

Republicans need more than rhetoric on defense -- George Will, Washington Post

Defense Cuts Sap Obama's Asia Pivot -- Michael Auslin, Real Clear World

Pentagon oil spending may snarl efforts to trim $490B
-- Washington Post

Veterans recover from war's wounds on the farm -- MSNBC

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