Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 21, 2012


Scandals Highlight Ethics Lapses in Military -- Voice of America

Several recent scandals involving members and former members of the U.S. military have prompted Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to order a review of ethics-training programs. Concern continues to grow about poor behavior by some senior officers.

Military training continues at San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base in Texas - still reeling from one of the military's worst sexual abuse scandals. An Air Force investigation found at least 48 female students were sexually assaulted by instructors between October 2010 and June 2011. More than 25 officers and trainers have been investigated and many face criminal charges.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Gaza: What is Israel's military strategy? -- BBC

Here's How Lopsided The War Will Be If Israel Launches A Ground Assault In Gaza [INFOGRAPHIC] -- Business Insider

Israel: Cooperate Or Die -- Strategy Page

Syria rebels set up own intelligence service -- Ahram Online/AFP

Russia to Deploy New ICBM in 2014
-- RIA Novosti

Russia's Rogozin Warns of New Defense Corruption Purge -- RIA Novosti

Southeast Asian States Ramp Up Arms Spending
-- Global Security Newswire

Japan's opposition pledges national security boost
-- Space Daily/AFP

Germany Arms the Middle East -- National Interest

Boat rams aircraft carrier INS Viraat near Cochin port -- One India

Indian aircraft carrier: More costly, already delayed -- NDTV

Sweden’s Possible Gripen Cut Prompts Force Capability Fears -- Defense News

Avic Promotes J-31 As An Export Fighter -- Aviation Week

Turkey begins UAV production -- UPI

EU states act to plug crucial defense gap -- Reuters

US begins tenuous military relationship with Myanmar -- Stars and Stripes

BAE Banking on Hybrid-Electric Combat Vehicle -- Defense Tech

U.S. Army Looks To Deploy Better Cameras by 2017 -- Defense News

Army Wants to Stop Bombs Using Halo-Style Electric Pulses -- Danger Room

C.I.A. Closes Its Climate Change Office -- New York Times

It Doesn't Work For The CIA Boss Either -- Strategy Page

Could Pentagon’s Vickers Be Next CIA Director?
-- Defense News

Tyndall resumes F-22 flying operations
-- US Air Force

Cyber Order Puts DHS In Charge Of Oversight, Sets Deadlines -- Aol Defense

Navy Awards Contracts for Offensive Cyber Weapons -- Defense News

Homeland Security Wants To Double Its Domestic Drone Fleet
-- Business Insider

Leon Panetta Has a Few More Drone Wars Ready to Go
-- Danger Room

Defense industry cautiously upbeat on sequester
-- Politico

2012 the worst year for military suicides, occuring at a rate faster than 1/day -- Examiner

Big disappointment in brain injury treatment study -- Stars and Stripes/AP

PTSD Study Findings Reinforce Case for Ecstasy -- Military.com

Motherhood and the Military are Focus of Grad Student’s Research
-- University Of Connecticut

Dietary supplements confusing for troops, doctors -- Stars and Stripes

Leader of California Taliban cell arrested yesterday was US Air Force veteran -- PJ Media

Navy fires two more commanders
-- Stars and Stripes

What Human Rights Watch’s “Case Against Killer Robots” Gets Wrong About Military Realities
-- Brad Allenby, Slate

Petraeus’s affair was no ‘scandal’ -- Dana Milbank, Washington Post

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