Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 2, 2013

Kapustin Yar. © RIA Novosti. Kirill Braga

US Officials Say Russia Violating Missile Treaty – Report -- RIA Novosti

WASHINGTON, July 1 (RIA Novosti) – US intelligence officials believe Russia is violating a Soviet-era arms-control treaty with the United States by building a new medium-range missile banned under the agreement, a conservative US website reported.

US intelligence officials believe the missile, which the Russian Defense Ministry describes as a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), is actually a medium-range missile that puts Russia in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia’s arms-control violations: U.S. silence could jeopardize national security -- Mark Schneider, Washington Times

Russia May Have Conventional Hypersonic Weapons in as Few as Five Years -- Global Security Newswire

Israel Will Be First International Customer To Fly F-35s -- Aviation Week

Israel in Preparation for another War with Hezbollah -- Global Research

Exclusive: Arms ship seized by Yemen may have been Somalia-bound - U.N. -- Reuters

China to join Russia for largest ever joint naval drills with foreign partner
-- The Guardian

Russia, China Set Dates for Summer Joint Military Exercises -- RIA Novosti

Russian Rocket Crashes Seconds After Launch, Toxic Fuel Alight -- RIA Novosti

Germany Set to Convict Alleged Russian Spies -- RIA Novosti

Russia Hands Over New Stealth Frigate to India -- RIA Novosti

Britain 'under attack' in cyberspace -- BBC

The Mounties Are Canada's Swiss-Army Knife Of Elite Law Enforcement -- Business Insider

U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Director Defends SSBN(X) Plans -- Aviation Week

The Number of Times We Could Blow Up the Earth Is Once Again a Secret -- National Journal

Immigration deal would boost defense manufacturers -- Washington Post

Looming cuts drive uncertainty, fear in defense sector -- Stars and Stripes/The (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Gazette

Lockheed Martin Launches Lockheed Martin International -- Sacramento Bee

The Navy’s Undersea Rocket Ship -- War Is Boring

Special Forces, Marines Embrace CIA's Palantir Intelligence Software -- Business Insider

JCS Chairman Holds Forth on Tweeting Toasters and the First Computer Mouse -- Next Gov

McRaven issues statement to Soldiers -- NWF Daily News

Ex-troops bring their leadership, experience to the classroom -- McClatchy news

Military misconduct: 88 cases of bad behavior, IG says -- Army Times

Prosecution winding down in WikiLeaks case -- Stars and Stripes/AP

The Latest in the Marine Corps Urination Case -- Mellow Jihadi

Accused Fort Hood shooter to enter plea at pre-trial hearing in Texas -- Reuters

US government declares hacking an act of war, then hacks allies -- Ashe Schow, Washington Examiner

Has the Pentagon's Strategy Shop Gone MIA? -- Gordon Lubold, Foreign Policy

How U.S. War Funds Get Wasted ... And How to Stop It -- Michael Shank, US News and World Report

Fourth of July fireworks shuttered at key military bases -- Washington Times

Gettysburg -- Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid

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