Monday, May 13, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 13, 2013



USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier Arrival Slammed By North Korea -- Huffington Post/AFP

North Korea has criticised the arrival of the US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an "extremely reckless" provocation and a rehearsal for war against the communist state.

A US naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered Nimitz arrived off the South's southern port of Busan Saturday for the drill to be staged this week, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea in recent months.

The 97,000-ton Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, will participate in joint search-and-rescue operations as well as "sea manoeuvring" around the Korean Peninsula, the South's defence ministry said.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

S.Korea, US Begin Joint Naval Exercises - Agency -- RIA Novosti

North Korea names another new armed forces minister -- Reuters

Kim Jong Un Keeps Military Shake-Up Going -- Wall Street Journal

Taiwan short of volunteers for the military -- UT San Diego

Much Delayed Apaches For South Korea -- Strategy Page

Russia Delays Opening Carrier Pilot Training Site -- RIA Novosti

Russian-Made Yemeni Military Jet Crashes in Sanaa -- Defense News/AFP

Danish Chief of Defence: Fighter Replacement on Track -- Defense News

Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashes near Syrian border -- BBC

Israel Building Up Rocket Response, Early Warning -- Defense News

IAF drone shot down due to malfunction -- YNet news

First Chinese stealth drone 'ready' for test flight -- RT

China Seeks ‘Information Dominance,’ Pentagon Says -- Defense Tech

Gulf navy drill not directed at Iran, U.S. says -- Al Arabiya

Iran Navy to Get Advanced Cruise Missiles -- RIA Novosti

Netanyahu Reduces Defense Cuts by 1 Billion Shekels -- Defense News

Medics train Afghans to treat their own in war zone -- Washington Times

Nerves, tempers sometimes flare as US troops back up Afghan soldiers on patrol -- Stars and Stripes

Cost for U.S. to exit Afghanistan: $7 billion -- Washington Times

Canada Renews Push To Buy 100 Specs Ops Vehicles -- Defense News

Fighter Focus: Eurofighter and Gripen -- Skies Magazine

US Navy’s liquid hydrogen drone flies for record 48 hours -- RT

U.S. automatic cuts send Pentagon contract awards down 52 percent -- Washington Post

Rep. Mike Rogers: ‘More whistleblowers’ forthcoming on Benghazi -- Washington Post

Navy CO fired following earlier deaths of two divers -- Stars and Stripes

Judge to make key ruling on soldier who killed clinic workers -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times

Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters -- Washington Post

Female veterans in Congress decry military's handling of sexual assaults -- CNN

False reports outpace sex assaults in the military -- Washington Times

Marine Corps studying spike in suicides -- Stars and Stripes/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Veterans or families seeking benefits from VA are dying for a decision, Trib finds -- Trib Live

How to cut the Pentagon budget better than sequestration does -- Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Post

How Can We Understand Benghazi Without Probing the CIA's Role? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Prince Harry charms the Warrior Games competitors in Colorado with his skills as a quarterback and a human pyramid building block... and one lucky girl gets his royal seal of approval -- Daily Mail

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