Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 1, 2012


Critics Question AF’s F-22 Solutions -- Defense Tech

Questions over the Air Force’s claim they have solved the F-22 oxygen problems are starting to get louder.

First, Flight Global’s Dave Majumdar wrote an article citing anonymous F-22 pilots concerns that the service’s scientists and engineers have falsely blamed the Combat Edge upper pressure garment. Majumdar quotes one F-22 pilot saying: “There’s one thing I know for certain: The Combat Edge isn’t the culprit.”

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Why have F-22 pilots passed out at the controls? Pentagon solves mystery. -- Christian Science Monitor

The F-22 Is Cured, We Hope
-- Strategy Page

F-22 Oxygen Fix Expected By End of Year -- Defense News

China opposes military intervention in South China Sea -- New York Daily News

Chinese Ships Are Sailing The Black Sea For The First Time Ever -- Business Insider

China Conducts Missile Tests In Tibet – Analysis -- Eurasia Review

Putin Attends Nuclear Sub Ceremony -- RIA Novosti

Bulava Missile to overcome any missile defence system -- Voice of Russia

British soldier's death part of 'culture of complacency' -- The Telegraph

Israel: Military Ordered to Develop Plan to Draft Ultra-Orthodox Men -- New York Times

Iraq’s new violence leaves some US military members questioning war; others say wait and see -- Washington Post/AP

MRAPs Versus Iran -- Strategy Page

Heavy armor, heavy lobbying -- DoD Buzz

Army may train women for rigor of front lines -- Washington Times

Broken promises-more trouble for F-35 supply chain -- Eric Palmer Blog

F-22 Raptor Loses $79 Billion Advantage in Dogfights: Report -- ABC News

US Navy Wins Big As Senate Approps Adds $4.2B To Keep Nine Ships, Add Destroyer, Fund Attack Sub -- Aol Defense

The US Bought Another Of These 'Unreliable' $1.5-Billion Ships -- Business Insider

Pearl Harbor seen as possible site for new ships -- Stars and Stripes/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Navy Teaches Robot Top Gun, X-47, To Fly From Aircraft Carriers
-- Aol Defense

Robot Copter Clears Probation, Chases African Pirates
-- Danger Room

Study Criticizes Pentagon Over Its Plans for a Greater Focus on Asia -- New York Times

GOP: White House pressuring defense industry not to warn of layoffs
-- Washington Times

White House prepping for budget cuts, to shield military pay
-- Reuters

John McCain criticizes looming defense cuts in Tampa -- Tampa Bay Times

Sequester battle continues with no end in sight
-- DoD Buzz

Congress helps Camp Lejeune families hurt by tainted water -- McClatchy News

Don't Wait For Cyber 'Pearl Harbor': Russia & China Are Stealing Our Lunch Now -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Aol Defense

The Truth About Military Cuts -- New York Times editorial

Drones kill transnational terrorists
-- Charles G. Kels, Washington Times

At least 1,935 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- Washington Post/AP

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