Saturday, April 13, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 13, 2013



Source: White House Wanted DIA Finding on N. Korean Nukes Under Wraps -- Defense News

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency finding that North Korea possesses nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles was thrust into public by a senior U.S. House staff member who was merely doing his job, congressional sources say.

In a new twist, a House source tells Defense News that a DIA congressional liaison told a senior House Armed Services Committee aide that while the finding was unclassified, the Obama administration wanted to keep it under wraps.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Israel boosts air force 'pack of leopards -- UPI

Ukraine Ready to Go Ahead With An-70 Project on Its Own - PM -- RIA Novosti

Egypt army denies torture allegations -- Al Jazeera

Poland Guarantees Funds for Missile Shield -- Defense News/AFP

Russian War Games in Black Sea -- Heritage Foundation

Report: Iranian army test-fires three new missiles -- Haaretz

Space plays a growing role in U.S.-China security talks -official -- Reuters

Navy Lags, Coast Guard Leads, In Building Ties With China -- Aol Defense

Is Navy laser a game changer? -- UT San Diego

Air Force seeks budget boost, more F-35s -- DoD Buzz

Pentagon budget trims missile defense -- DoD Buzz

Budget blunder: GCV delayed 1 year, not 18 months -- DoD Buzz

Navy to launch new ship USS Portland -- KGW

Navy Names New Ship After Local Astronaut Sally Ride -- NBC San Diego

The five deadly Ds of the Air Force's cyber arsenal
-- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy

Darpa’s New Navigation Tool Is Smaller Than a Penny -- Danger Room

Pentagon’s DARPA preparing to equip robots with ‘real’ brains -- RT

Army’s Disaster Prep Now Includes Tips From the Zombie Apocalypse -- Danger Room

Wiser military needed for complex foes, says retired admiral -- Stars and Stripes/The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)

New Benghazi investigation sought by 70 House GOP, 700 SpecOps -- Washington Examiner

Coalition forms against CIA officer entangled in torture tape scandal -- Passport/Foreign Policy

Navy Panel Urges Ouster of Officer Who Faked Death -- ABC News/AP

On Furloughs, the Navy and Marine Corps Have Another Option -- Gordon Lubold, The E-Ring

Army loses ground in budget’s service split
-- Fred Kaplan, Stars and Stripes/Slate

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