Monday, September 17, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 17, 2012

Shenyang J-21. Photo: via China Defense Blog

Questions Abound As China Unveils Another Stealth Jet -- David Axe, Danger Room

Twenty-one months after China’s Chengdu aerospace firm unveiled its J-20 jet fighter prototype — Beijing’s first stealth warplane — the rival Shenyang company has revealed what appears to be a competing, radar-evading plane.

Over the weekend photos of increasing resolution leaked online depicting a previously unknown, black-painted warplane with the distinctive qualities of a stealth design. Perhaps it’s only a coincidence that the stealth jet was revealed right before U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was due to arrive in China. But the Beijing government is known to use these online leaks to show off its military advancements.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

China's New Stealth Fighter. Not a repeat from December 2010. -- Aviation Week

PICTURES: New fighter aircraft emerges in China -- Flight Global

15-20 high ranking CIA spies in Turkey, says Philip Giraldi
-- Examiner

UK military says no plan to cut short Prince Harry’s Afghan deployment after Taliban attack -- Washington Post/AP

Angola Still Riddled With Landmines, Despite Efforts
-- Voice of America

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile -- AP

British jobs 'must be safeguarded' in BAE-EADS merger
-- The Telegraph

Panetta will meet with Chinese leaders, tour military facilities to improve US-China relations -- Washington Post

Panetta to meet Xi Jinping on extended trip to China
-- Reuters

China wary of U.S. military moves in Asia-Pacific -- New York Daily News

Panetta: US-Japan agree on new missile system -- AP

U.S. and allies to hold Gulf military exercise -- Reuters

Iran Watching as U.S. Military Launches Exercise in Strait of Hormuz -- PBS Newshour

Aging U.S. nuclear arsenal slated for costly and long-delayed modernization -- Washington Post

The B61 bomb: A case study in costs and needs
-- Washington Post

US set to modernise 5113 nukes -- The Australian/AFP

U.S. To Modernize Nuclear Arsenal: Report -- Defense News

Boeing Air Force One work in Texas stirs concern about workers -- Seattle Times/Bloomberg

Boeing: Drone market will shrink
-- DoD Buzz

Robocopter arrives -- The Economist

This Heavily-Armed Drone Is Changing The Way America Wages War -- Business Insider

Carriers at Risk From Continuing Resolution
-- Defense News

Sequester Stalemate Deepens With OMB Report's Release -- Aol Defense

Sequestration Might Be Manageable, Experts Say -- Defense News

Cybersecurity should be more active, official says
-- Washington Post

US Army finally moving to a global email system -- Examiner

Compensation for families of slain CIA personnel under review -- Houston Chronicle

Marines honored for counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan
-- Washington Post

Woman to lead Air Force training after sex scandal -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Furor Fades a Year After Military's Gay Ban Lifted -- AP

Military leaders must help stem suicides, Panetta says -- USA Today

Detention wars, continued -- Washington Post editorial

Details of bin Laden raid leaked first by aides
-- Washington Times

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