Thursday, March 28, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 28, 2013



A Key Sign Korean Tensions Haven't Boiled Over Despite Severed Hotline -- Business Insider

A joint South-North Korean industrial complex was operating normally Thursday, officials said, despite Pyongyang severing a military hotline used to monitor movement in and out of the zone.

Around 160 South Koreans passed through the border control Thursday morning, on their way to the South-funded Kaesong industrial complex which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) inside North Korea.

"Movement to Kaesong is going ahead normally," an official at the South's Unification Ministry told AFP.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

The Chinese Navy Has a Problem -- Robert Farley, The Diplomat

UN set to pass historic arms trade treaty -- Al Jazeera

Russia, NATO to Discuss Afghanistan Maintenance Bases -- RIA Novosti

Why is the US shifting its missile defense out of Europe? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Putin orders surprise Black Sea military exercises -- BBC

Analysts Question India’s Future Combat Capability -- Defense News

Russia to Equip Submarine Forces With High-Precision Weapons -- RIA Novosti

Taiwan To Hold 1st Major Live-Fire Drill Since ’08 -- Defense News

French defence cuts 'could harm British military partnership' -- The Telegraph

Typhoon May Be Back in Race for Qatar Order
-- Defense News

France says Malaysia can build jets if it buys Rafale -- Expatica

Lockheed’s Troubled F-35 Unscathed in Pentagon’s Budget
-- Bloomberg

Former USN chief suggests DoD should cancel F-35A in favour of C-model -- Flight Global

New DOD strategic review won't sink Marine Corps's postwar plans -- The Hill

The future of amphibious warfare is airborne -- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy

Ships Costing U.S. $37 Billion Lack Firepower, Navy Told -- Bloomberg

Hagel might have final say on controversial missile defense program
-- The Hill

Army plans $1.4 billion radio purchase
-- DoD Buzz

Inside the Ring: NSA on cyberwar
-- Washington Times

Pentagon cuts number of furlough days
-- AP

Pentagon Improves in Holding Down Weapons Costs, Auditor Finds -- Bloomberg

Army Entering Period of Innovation, Critical Investments -- Defence Talk/Army News Service

Defense battle now pits resources against ranks -- Politico

Air Force Maj. Gen. Kane Proposes Shake-up Of How Service Budgets, Buys And Plans -- Aol Defense

Army defends battlefield social science program -- USA Today

The CIA Has An Undercover Female Boss -- Business Insider

Officer Tied to Tapes’ Destruction Moves Up C.I.A. Ladder
-- New York Times

Africa on the brain in the Pentagon -- Kevin Baron, E-Ring/Foreign Policy

2014: The year of the shrinking QDR? -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy

US military soon to be outfitted with Daredevil-like radar sense that can pinpoint and identify incoming threats -- Extreme Tech

Army eBook Targets Apple Users -- Defense Tech

Ex-CIA chief aided WWII hero's Arlington burial -- Stars and Stripes/AP

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