Friday, February 22, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 22, 2013

President Bush's CIA nominee Gen. Michael Hayden talks during his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington in May 2006.

Former CIA Director: Cyber Attack Game-Changers Comparable to Hiroshima -- US News and World Report

Michael Hayden says economic sanctions are only protection from online threats.

Economic action against China is one of the only ways the United States can quell the growing rate of state-sponsored cyber attacks, America's former top spy says, adding that the private sector is largely alone in planning in planning its own defenses. U.S. intelligence agencies already knew much of the content of a report that pinpointed the origin of thousands of attacks waged on international targets, including American firms, to a building in Shanghai, said Michael Hayden, a retired Air Force four-star general, while speaking at the George Washington University Tuesday. Almost every cyber attack from the Chinese has been espionage rather than destruction, he said. But the cyber realm has witnessed game-changing attacks that have shifted the nature of this war, Hayden said, including the Stuxnet worm, reportedly designed by the Americans and Israelis, to slow Iran's nuclear program.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

$2bn Triton drone plan to track asylum boats off Australia
-- News.com.au

Iran to Conduct Military Drills Over 3 Days
-- RIA Novosti

Found! Iran's secret ballistic missile base -- WND

Saudi Arabia Unlikely to Pursue Nuke: Experts
-- Global Security Newswire

UAE signs $1.42 bn defence deals
-- Defence Talk

Al-Qaida tipsheet on avoiding drones found in Mali -- AP

Russia, NATO to Hold Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy Exercise
-- RIA Novosti

China may become first importer of Russian S-400 missile systems – official -- Missile Threat

China approves funding for nuclear-powered ships -- Business Standard

Exercises provide dry run for S. Korean wartime control of forces -- Stars and Stripes

Cash-Strapped Army Still Plans on Helping Pakistan Fight Narcotics -- Danger Room

Work to dismantle Navy ship stuck on Philippine reef might begin soon
-- Stars and Stripes

Sequestration is for Sissies: $6.9 Billion More for the F-22 -- Battleland/Time

Flawed F-35 Fighter Too Big to Kill as Lockheed Hooks 45 States -- Bloomberg

U.S. warhead cuts coming -- Washington Times

Lockheed’s Hellfire replacement completes ground fire test -- Defense Tech

Army readying GCV study for SecDef review -- Army Times

Marine Corps moving on Africa crisis-response unit -- Marine Times

Pentagon To Slow Contractor Payments To Boost Cash Reserve -- Defense News

Juggling Priorities, Pentagon Tries To Protect War Funding, Troops -- Aviation Week/Reuters

Army warns of new BRAC round -- DoD Buzz

Defense furloughs to hit 800K civilians, halt military training -- MSNBC

Military service chiefs warn budget cuts will undermine readiness -- Washington Post

General: Sequester Cuts Will Delay Afghan Pullout -- Military.com

Army plans $92 million in cuts at West Point -- Military Times

‘Lots of money’ left after sequester -- DoD Buzz

Amid Partisan Rancor, Brookings Offers a ‘Moderate' Budget Solution -- Defense News

Hagel has enough support for defense secretary -- AP

15 GOP senators to Obama: Withdraw Hagel's nomination -- CBS

Hagel’s Critics Are Still the Winners
-- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Paul to hold up Brennan’s CIA nomination over drone strikes
-- Washington Times

Gen. Breedlove likely pick to lead NATO's Europe command -- Stars and Stripes/AP

Could Gen. Jim Amos step down as commandant to head NATO?
-- Military Times

CIA whistleblower Kiriakou gets posh send-off to prison -- Washington Post

Army Revokes Paula Broadwell’s Promotion After Petraeus Affair
-- ABC News

Animal Planet Shows Glory, Trauma of Military Dogs
-- Military.com/AP

Will rising tensions in Asia push Japan toward a full-fledged military?
-- Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor

The Limits of a Smaller U.S. Military -- Michael P. Noonan, US News and World Report

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