Sunday, July 28, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2013



North Korea Showcases Its Military Might At A Mass Rally -- New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea observed the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War by showing off its military might to the outside world in a parade through the center of the capital, Pyongyang, that featured columns of rocket tubes, goose-stepping paratroopers and intercontinental ballistic missiles, or at least mock-ups of the weapons.

When Kim Jong-un, the young leader, sauntered onto the reviewing stand in his trademark Mao suit, a sea of spectators cheered and waved flags and paper flowers as they filled a square named after the North Korean founder Kim Il-sung, his grandfather. As fighter jets screamed overhead, Mr. Kim clapped and chatted with Li Yuanchao, the visiting vice president of China, North Korea’s wartime ally.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

60 years after fighting ended in Korea, US troops remain and questions linger about MIAs -- Washington Post

Obama marks 'forgotten war' on Korean peninsula -- CNN

Sixty Years After the Korean War, the Cold War’s Unending Conflict Continues -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time

This Is What North Korea's Big Military Parade Looked Like -- Atlantic Wire

Turkey's Sat-Launcher Plans Raise Concerns -- Defense News

South Korea reopens bidding for stalled fighter jet competition -- Reuters

Russian Defense Ministry Signs $100 Mln Deal to Overhaul 3 Tu-160 Bombers -- RIA Novosti

Russia's Mediterranean Fleet Foreign Policy Tool – Ex-Navy Chief -- RIA Novosti

Royal Navy frigates sold off for scrap for £3m -- BBC

IDF Fighters Go Underground for Subterranean Warfare Training -- Defence Talk/Israeli MoD

Dutch receive F-35 test aircraft -- UPI

Pentagon Notifies Congress of Possible Sale of Strykers, Helicopters to Iraq -- Defense News

US Navy: We'll Recover Bombs Dropped Near Great Barrier Reef -- Defense News

America Needs To Develop A New Bomber Now -- Defense Update

Special operations unit in England grows -- Stars and Stripes

USS Freedom back in action after sidelined by maintenance issues -- Stars and Stripes

Navy Finds Fix for LCS Power Woes -- Defense Tech

Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have ‘Powerful and Invasive’ Search Tool -- ABC News

Cheap Micro-Sats -- William Treseder, Battleland/Time

U.S. Army Scales Back Plans For Large UAVs -- Strategy Page

FBI admits to flying drones over US without warrants -- RT

Bradley Manning's 'sole purpose was to make a difference', lawyer insists -- The Guardian

New MARSOC recruiting website details Corps' spec-op lifestyle -- Marine Times

A war horse that refused to quit honored by Korea vets -- Army Times

The World's Special Forces Quietly Held Their 'Counterterrorism Olympics' At A Compound In Jordan -- Business Insider

Married sergeants major retire from Marine Corps on same day -- Stars and Stripes/The (Jacksonville, N.C.) Daily News

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