Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 6, 2012


Islamic Militants Bloody US Forces In Big Army Wargame -- Aol Defense

US ARMY WAR COLLEGE, CARLISLE BARRACKS, PA: It's a week into the war, and things are getting ugly. Fifty American and allied troops are dead, four hundred are wounded -- some in city fighting against Islamic militants, some when the surprisingly sophisticated foe shot down their aircraft with shoulder-fired missiles and anti-helicopter mines.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia's Putin says to push military ties with China -- Reuters

India Plans To Launch First Military Satellite
-- Space Daily

Netanyahu: German-Supplied Subs ‘Important’ to Israel -- Defense News/AFP

Russia Rebuilds Its Commando Force
-- Strategy Page

4 Latin America Nations Pull Out of Defense Treaty -- New York Times

Embraer Sees Advantages in New USAF Tender for Afghan Aircraft -- Defense News

US troops can use Clark, Subic bases in the Philippines -- Phistar

Navy, Marines Bet Big on Carrier for Troubled Stealth Jets -- Danger Room

Combat Edge anti-g ensemble might be causing Raptor’s oxygen woes -- Flight Global

New Flight Restrictions Haven't Curbed F-22 Operations -- US Department of Defense

Early Estimate Pegs USS Miami Sub Fire Damage Up To $500 Million -- Aol Defense

F-35 Production Quality Worries Senate Panel
-- New York Times/Reuters

U.S. Navy Eyes Technology To Cloak Subs -- Aviation Week

SpaceX flight opens door for U.S. military payloads -- Reuters

The Government Has Finally Responded To The Terrifying Rise In Traumatic Genital Injury -- Business Insider

Military veterans say pot eases PTSD -- USA Today

John McCain demands leak investigation -- Politico

Plan for a greener US Navy is dealt a setback in Congress -- Stars and Stripes

Veterans Pension Program Is Being Abused, Report Says -- New York Times

What happens to all that military gear?
-- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

The End of Counterinsurgency -- George Friedman, Stratfor

Commentary: Another war in 2012?
-- Arnaud De Borchgrave, Space War

How Israel Can Finally Win the Six-Day War -- Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg

Iran's Likely Responses to an Israeli Preventive Strike
-- Michael Eisenstadt and Michael Knights, The Washington Institute

Arctic military rivalry could herald a 21st-century cold war -- The Guardian

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,870 -- AP

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