Monday, March 12, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 12, 2012

Internet con: The genuine Facebook page of Adml Stavridis, which was imitated by suspected Chinese spies

Britain In Security Alert After Facebook Spies Create False Profile For Top Nato Chief To Steal Personal Data From His High-Ranking Friends -- Daily Mail

* British top brass and MoD officials duped into accepting 'friend requests'
* Fears private details could be used to hack passwords on classified files

Nato's most senior commander has been embroiled in a major security alert after a fake Facebook account was set up in his name by ‘Chinese spies’.

Senior British military officers and Ministry of Defence staff are understood to have accepted ‘friend requests’ from a bogus account for Nato’s Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Mossad, CIA and Blackwater operate in Syria - report -- RT

Asia military spending -- China Daily

U.S. Asia Strategy Not Driving PRC's Big Military Spending Increases
-- Aol Defense

China Carrier Set For Operational Duty Soon -- Ares/Aviation Week

Awesome New Pics of China’s Stealth Fighter
-- Defense Tech

Iron Dome has its failings
-- Ynet News

Gaza rockets penetrate Israeli defense system due to Iron Dome malfunction -- Haaretz

Israel Unveils New Bunker Buster -- Defense News

Ex-Israeli spymaster: Iranian response to an Israeli attack would be devastating -- Haaretz

Chinese ‘Mighty Dragon’ doomed to breathe Russian fire -- RT

T-90 Struggles To Find An Audience
-- Strategy Page

Russia needs to pay for use of Tajik military base -- New Europe

U.S. Spy Plane to Watch N.Korea During Nuclear Summit
-- Chosun Ilbo

The Lexington Institute and F-35/Syria propaganda -- Eric Palmer Blog

Monday Morning Naval Tech -- Information Dissemination

U.S. Defense Department Releases Roadmap to Transform Energy Use in Military Operations -- Defpro

U.S. Air Force, Air Guard Lock Horns Over Cuts -- Defense News

F-22s Still Gasping For Breath
-- Strategy Page

US military unveils non-lethal heat ray weapon -- AFP

I Got Blasted By the Pentagon’s Pain Ray — Twice
-- Danger Room

Venerable Carrier Leaves for Final Deployment -- Defense News

USS Enterprise Deploys for the last time. -- Bring the heat. Bring the Stupid

Navy 'Sinkex' Raises Pollution Fear
-- Military.com

Arkansas Family loses 2 sons in Afghanistan war -- MSNBC

Vets Fight to Get Deserved Medals They Never Received -- Military.com

Military dogs honored at Pa. Military Museum in state's first K-9 Veterans Day observation -- Centre Daily Times

AF to renew search for F-16 pilot’s remains in Iraq -- Air Force Times

Fewer Americans Say U.S. Is No. 1 Military Power -- Gallop

Former Marine battles military to let her adopt ex-bomb sniffing battle dog
-- FOX News

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