Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 10, 2012

Moscow is to abandon participation in a decades-old program with the United States aimed at dismantling weapons of mass destruction. © RIA Novosti. Sergey Kazak

Russia Walks Out of Nunn-Lugar Agreement – Paper -- RIA Novosti

Moscow is to abandon participation in a decades-old program with the United States aimed at dismantling weapons of mass destruction, Russian daily Kommersant reported Wednesday.

The paper reported sources in the US State Department as saying Russia is no longer interested in the Nunn-Lugar program – also known as the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CTR) – which dates back to the early 1990's and helped decommission scores of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

U.S. House Report Lists Multitude of Weapons Programs Sequestration Would Hit -- Defense News

US troops operating in Jordan near Syria border -- The Telegraph

Taiwan Blames Apple Maps For Revealing Its $1.2 Billion Top-Secret Radar Base -- Business Insider

Taiwan asks Apple to blur satellite image of radar defense station in Maps app -- FOX News/AP

India to Build Export T-50 Stealth Fighter by 2020
-- RIA Novosti

Canadian naval officer pleads guilty to spying -- CBC

Old Munitions Blasts Rock Central Russia
-- Defense News

Russian Navy gets carbon fibre frigate -- Russia & India Report

Will Second-Hand F-16 Sales Rise With Budget Cuts? -- Defense World

U.S. Asymmetric Advantage in Airborne Electronic Attack in Danger of Eroding -- Defpro

Navy’s financial pivot to Pacific -- DoD Buzz

Romney plans Navy buildup -- DoD Buzz

On 237th Birthday, Navy Feels Its Time Has Come; Budget Pressures Belie Campaign Rhetoric -- Aol Defense

Penny-Pinching Navy Promises Next Carrier Will Cost a Measly $11.4 Billion -- Danger Room

Commentary: Air Force Cyber Vision 2025 -- Defense News

'Concerns' Raised About Commercial Spy Satellite Merger, But No Showstoppers: NGA Director Long -- Aol Defense

Navy Lasers’ First Target: Enemy Drones
-- Danger Room

Bing Maps Show The CIA's Secret Bin Laden Training Facility In North Carolina -- Business Insider

Vets Groups Urge Soldiers to Refuse Combat -- Military.com/News Tribune

All Active U.S. Services Meet Recruiting Goals Through August -- US Department of Defense

Military court to review tight secrecy in Bradley Manning case -- CNet

Colorado Marine missing since 1975 to be buried with full honors -- FOX News

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,007
-- Boston.com/AP

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