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US Leads In Arming World; But China, Russia Defense Business Rising -- NBC
The United States remains by far the largest arms and military equipment provider in the world, but that dominance is expected to wane over the next eight years, with China and Russia boosting their defense industries, an analysis said on Wednesday.
"Two things are happening: budgets are shifting east, and global arms trade is [seeing] increasing competition," said Paul Burton, senior manager of IHS Jane's Defence, publisher of an authoritative weekly on defense issues.
"This is the biggest explosion in trade the world has ever seen," Burton said of Jane's latest analysis of the global arms business.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Jane's: U.S. waning in global arms market -- UPI
Asia Pacific defence budgets 'to outstrip N. America by 2021' -- FOX News/AFP
West losing defense edge to Asia-Pacific -- Guy Anderson, Special to CNN
Israel ranks as the world's sixth largest arms exporter in 2012 -- Haaretz
A Buyers Market For Anti-Ship Missiles -- Strategy Page
Chinese Air Force Gets More H-6K Strategic Bombers -- Defense Update
Russia has no military personnel in Syria: reports -- Reuters
Russia to Open Military Base in Belarus -- Moscow Times
The 50th Paris Air Show Manages a Few Surprises for the Defence Industry -- Defence Talk
Middle East Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market Grows Significantly -- Defence Talk
Report: China's UAVs Could Challenge Western Dominance -- Defense News
U.N. Panel: North Korea Deceived China on Missile Transporters -- Global Security Newswire
China breaks sanctions with North Korea -- Washington Times
Italy's JSF Buy Still A Go, Despite Opposition -- Defense News
Australia Sells Amphibs for Scrap -- Defense News
Manila plans air, naval bases at Subic with access for U.S., officials say -- Reuters
Senior Chinese military leaders meet U.S. retired generals -- People's Daily Online
EU Mulls Extending Anti-Piracy Operation, Use of Battlegroups -- Defense News
Hackers post U.S. troops’ personal details; collateral damage from the Korean cyberwar? -- Washington Times
Navy Docs Reveal UCLASS Minimum Ranges and Maximum Costs -- USNI News
Navy Report on Maryland Drone Crash: ‘Disastrous Results’ Averted -- Daily Beast
F-16 fighter jet crashes in Arizona; both pilots OK -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Marines' Sequester Bill: 8,000 Troops, Ground Vehicles, Combat Aircraft -- National Defense
Congress Says Special-Ops Budget Top Too Secret -- Time
Defense chief says Snowden leaks were 'serious security breach' -- Reuters
Army opening cyber training school at Fort Gordon, Ga., according to reports -- al.com
CIA report refutes Senate panel’s criticism of agency’s harsh interrogation methods -- Washington Post
Navy opening more jobs to women, but some might stay closed -- Navy Times
Military members with PTSD face double risk for heart disease -- CBS
Gulf War illness advocates skeptical of institute panel -- Navy Times
Group Ties Sexual Assault to Base-Sold Porn -- Military.com
Conviction Thrown Out In Case Of US Marine's Alleged Kidnapping And Murder Of Iraqi Policeman -- Business Insider/AP
Taking another shot at cutting nukes -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
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