Friday, December 14, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 14, 2012



United States to Deploy Anti-Missile Units in Turkey -- New York Times

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signed an official deployment order on Friday to send 400 American military personnel and two Patriot air defense batteries to Turkey as cross-border tensions with Syria intensify.

The American batteries will be part of a broader push to beef up Turkey’s defenses that will also include the deployment of four other Patriot batteries — two from Germany and two from the Netherlands.

All six units will be under NATO’s command and are scheduled to be operational by the end of January, according to officials in Washington.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

U.S. defense chief orders Patriot missiles to Turkey
-- Reuters

3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via Kuwait -- Press TV (Iran)

Israeli Military Prepares for Nerve Agent Threat -- Global Security Newswire

Can NATO Get Its ACT Together? Alliance's Only US-Based Command Takes On New Role -- Aol Defense

Smart Defense Team Helps NATO Face Lean Times -- US Department of Defense

South Korea expects North to conduct new nuclear test -- Stars and Stripes

British sea-based nuclear deterrent expensive and 'insane' – ex-defence minister -- The Guardian

Singapore Militarizes Smart Phones -- Strategy Page

Xi’s Seduction of the Military -- Wall Street Journal

China asks army to be ready for regional war
-- Hindustan Times

Does Russia need its own army? -- Pravda

Adelaide to get submarine testing facility -- Space War/UPI

Fumes And Frustration Send Oz Army Chopper Pilots Fleeing
-- Strategy Page

Australia could buy more Super Hornets because of JSF delays -- Herald Sun

Canada still confused about acquisition costs for F-35
-- Eric Palmer Blog

Canada to consider other fighter gets besides costly F-35 -- FOX News/AP

USAF mulls options for replacement of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle -- Flight Global

Lockheed Martin Has Enough Orders To Keep Building F-16 Jet Fighters Through 2016 -- Business Insider/Reuters

U.S. reduces staffing, operations at Lajes Field in the Azores -- US Department of Defense

Raytheon wins DARPA contract to design new military imaging satellites -- Space Daily

MDA Lays Out 2013 Testing Plans -- Aviation Week

This ‘seven years’ war’ is a battle over Pentagon secrecy and torture information -- McClatchy News

CONFIRMED: US Counterterrorism Agency Can Amass Data On Any Citizen -- Business Insider

Canadian camouflage company claims to have created perfect invisibility cloak, US military soon to be invisible -- Extreme Tech

SpyPhone: Pentagon Spooks Want New Tools for Mobile ‘Exploitation’
-- Danger Room

Panetta reiterates veto threat of defense bill -- The Hill

Guard Association Decries 'End Run' To Push Cuts Through Conference - BREAKING -- Aol Defense

"Fiscal Cliff" Prompts Fresh Push for U.S. Nuke Spending Cut -- Global Security Newswire

DoD Officials Hope for Flexibility If Sequestration Occurs
-- Defense News

Defense Companies Also Worried About Nondefense Budget Cuts -- National Journal

McChrystal Working for UAE-Owned Arms Brokerage -- Defense News

Navy helicopter crew still hospitalized after 'hard landing' -- UT Sand Diego

Medal of Honor recipient victim of assault -- CNN

Former Marine's family, friends call for his release from Mexico jail -- McClatchy News

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and the new reality of reported filmmaking -- Washington Post

Drones And SEALs Have Cleared The Way For Massive Military Cuts -- Business Insider

Report on Global Trends Discusses Game Changers -- Defence Talk

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