Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 17, 2012



How Global Organized Crime Makes $870 Billion A Year -- Business Insider

Last month the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released it's World Drug Report 2012. We covered where drug use is rising, the top marijuana-using countries and the countries with the highest prevalence of cocaine-users around the world.

Today the UNODC launched a new awareness campaign about global organized crime, and the video below breaks down how transnational organized crime makes about $870 billion per year.

Read more ....

MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Beijing’s Raptor Knockoff: China shows off second new stealth jet development in two years. -- Washington Free Beacon

Noda says Japan will have to OK Osprey deployment
-- Japan Today

Japan's low-profile military steps up during flood rescue -- Christian Science Monitor

Ukraine to Create European-like Armed Forces – General Staff
-- RIA Novosti

Ukraine embarks on military reforms -- UPI

Russian Military to Form 26 New Brigades by 2020
-- RIA Novosti

Russian Army to Switch to Wheeled Armored Vehicles
-- RIA Novosti

MPs Call For 'Cyber War' To Protect UK: Paper -- Aol Defense

Qatar Requests AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters -- Defence Talk

Report: U.S. bolstering Persian Gulf military presence -- USA Today

U.S. Pacific Focus Needs to Include Arctic -- Defense News

DARPA Hypersonics - If At First (or Second) You Don't Succeed -- Ares/Aviation Week

In-Q-Tel: The CIA's Tax-Funded Player In Silicon Valley -- NPR

New Acquisition Chief Describes Goals, Challenges
-- US Department of Defense

DoD Acquisition Chief: Pentagon, Lockheed Still Working On F-35 Deal -- Defense News

LCS: Quick Swap Concept Dead
-- Defense News

How US military's CAAT walks on water
-- MSNBC

Pushing the Fleet to the Breaking Point, For What Exactly?
-- Information Dissemination

Why Foreigners Make Better Soldiers -- Strategy Page

Military has to fight to buy lauded IED buster -- Washington Times

Four ways social media could transform conflict in Africa -- CNN

Air Force to Mil-Tweeters: You’re All Clueless N00bs
-- Danger Room

CBO says U.S. military health-care costs could soar -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Military Under Pressure To Crack Down On Sex Abuse -- NPR

'It's an honour for me to give back': Bad boy Charlie Sheen does a good deed by pledging $1million to U.S. troops -- Daily Mail

The Military's New Lily-Pad Strategy -- David Vine, The Nation

Defense industry plays the jobs card
-- DoD Buzz

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