Thursday, March 22, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 22, 2012


China Carrier Preps for Flight Ops? -- The Diplomat

Photos posted to the Internet in China last week seem to confirm that the Chinese Navy has installed arrestor gear and other vital equipment on its refurbished Soviet-made aircraft carrier, the ex-Varyag. If genuine, the installations could represent a big step forward for the first-ever seaborne, fixed-wing aviation capability for the People's Liberation Army Navy.

One image appears to show a traditional four-wire arrangement on the aft flight deck of the roughly 1,000-foot-long carrier. Another depicts a small tractor of the type used to move aircraft around the deck.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Leak suggests F-35 fighter jet purchase fraught with errors -- CBC

Chinese spies target Taiwan's US-made defenses
-- AJC/AP

China's military buildup breeds distrust
-- Michael Richardson, Japan Times

Scrapping Trident nuclear missiles 'would save £83.5bn -- The Guardian

Russian air force gets new cruise missile -- UPI

U.S. Denies Disclosing Missile Defense Data to Russia
-- RIA Novosti

Russia Considering Cyber-Security Command
-- RIA Novosti

Japan May Mobilize Interceptors Prior to North Korean Rocket Launch -- Global Security Newswire

Libyan Missiles Show Up In Gaza -- Strategy Page

Philippines using US smart bombs -- AP

U.S. suspends war remains search over North Korea missile plan -- Yahoo News/Reuters

US-Japan may Spread Marines Across Pacific -- Military.com

Fire Scout team takes steps to arm unmanned helicopter -- Naval Air Systems Command

Newest US Missile Warning Satellite Exceeding Performance Expectations
-- Defpro

GAO Expands Oversight of Intelligence
-- Secrecy News

U.S. Military Readies Cyber 'Rules of Engagement' -- Information Week

NSA Chief: Cyber Becoming More Perilous
-- GovInfoSecurity

They're Here: Cyber Experts Warn Senate That Adversary Is Already Inside U.S. Networks -- Aol Defense

Biofuel passes U.S. Navy voyage test
-- UPI

Senator Vows to Block Pentagon Base Closure Attempts -- Defense News

Don't Bet on BRAC - Senators Bitterly Skeptical About Pentagon's Base Closure Proposals -- Aol Defense

Madigan Army Medical Center screening team reversed 40 percent of PTSD diagnoses -- McClatchy News

Marine Faces Boot for Anti-Obama Facebook Posts -- Military.com

Marines down on Obama -- Washington Examiner

The secret Falklands 'suicide mission'
-- The Telegraph

Return to the Falklands, ITV1, review -- The Telegraph

After Bales' arrest, military tried to delete him from Web -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News

Fake ID Use Upsets Military Veterans
-- Military.com

Is U.S. Missile Defense Worth It? -- Manpreet Sethi, The Diplomat

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