Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 27, 2012



Obama Vows To Pursue Further Nuclear Cuts With Russia -- Reuters

* Obama says U.S. has "more nuclear weapons than we need"
* Will raise arms control issue with Putin in May
* China's Hu "taking North Korea issue very seriously"
* Obama says time is running out for Iran (Adds detail)

SEOUL, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to pursue further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, urged China to follow suit and issued stern warnings to North Korea and Iran in their nuclear standoffs with the West.

Acknowledging the United States has more warheads than necessary, Obama held out the prospect of new reductions in the U.S. arsenal as he sought to rally world leaders for additional concrete steps against the threat of nuclear terrorism.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

UK Might Stick With the F-35C
-- Defense Tech

Asia Is Undergoing The Fastest Military Buildup On The Planet -- Business Insider

Russia gets a modern army -- Russia & India Report

Japan to Deploy Patriot Missiles in Tokyo
-- Defense News

NATO Tells Russia Not to ‘Waste Money’ on Anti-Shield Deployment -- Defpro News

Denmark To Urge Closer Security Cooperation -- Defense News

Yemen's Air Force Is In Disarray -- Aviation Week

Howarth in India to discuss Typhoon deal -- Defence Management

Former Turkish army chief rejects terrorism charges, says he won’t defend himself in court -- Washington Post/AP

Seoul still bristles over Cheonan sinking -- UPI

US and Australia in talks on base for drone flights over the Indian Ocean -- Herald Sun

Australia, U.S. may expand military ties
-- UPI

U.S. Air Force May Reopen Light Attack Contest -- Defense Tech

Dream about the U.S. long range bomber -- Eric Palmer

Construction Delay Is Good News, Bad News Story For New Boomer -- Aol Defense

B-2 bombers at Whiteman AFB get $2 billion update -- McClatchy News

Fighters, Missiles For Countering Stealth -- Aviation Week

Boeing KC-46 tanker may be delayed -GAO report
-- Reuters

KC-46 Tanker Aircraft: Acquisition Plans Have Good Features but Contain Schedule Risk -- Defpro

New Navy Rail Gun Fires 50 Miles With No Propellant: Latest Tests Use Smaller Guns -- Aol

Has the ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ already happened? -- DoD Buzz

China Does Nothing to Stop Counterfeit Defense Parts; Findings 'Should Outrage Every American'
-- Aol Defense

The Politics of Fleet Constitution
-- Information Dissemination

Military academies hold first gay pride events, half-year after end of ‘don’t ask’
-- Washington Post/AP

Military Historians Will Applaud Medvedev
-- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

Obama’s Slip Won’t Let Russia Veto Europe Missile Defense -- Bloomberg Editorial

Incredible story of the Falklands War hospital that treated victims from both side of conflict -- Mirror

Betty Oderwald helps save a memory in stone of a 200-year-old forgotten US war -- Christian Science Monitor

A WWII romance rekindled
-- Philly.com/AP

Rachel Maddow: It Shouldn’t Be So Easy to Start Wars -- Danger Room

Military’s Internet Scrub of Robert Bales Data Was a Futile Whitewash Bid -- Winston Ross, The Daily Beast

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