Four aircraft carriers, from back to front, the Abraham Lincoln (72), the Enterprise (65), the George H.W. Bush (77) and the Dwight D. Eisenhower (69), tied up at Norfolk Naval Station on Thursday, February 14, 2013. (Steve Earley | Virginian-Pilot file photo)
Hope Of Saving Carriers Is Sinking As Cash Dries Up -- Virginia Pilot
Really? Mothballing aircraft carriers?
The idea floated last week by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel seemed particularly shocking in this Navy town - home to half the nation's fleet of nuclear flattops, where carrier deployments and homecomings routinely lead evening newscasts.
It's tempting to dismiss the notion of retiring two or three of the world's most recognizable warships as political brinkmanship - a veiled attempt to push Congress into reversing big national security cuts.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Report: Washington Changes Tune on Israel Air Strike Against Iran Nuclear Facilities -- Washington Free Beacon
US-based institute: satellite images show NKorea expanding its uranium enrichment plant -- Washington Post/AP
Iran launch site 'likely for testing ballistic missiles', analysts say -- The Telegraph
Report: Iran arrests alleged spy for Israel -- Jerusalem Post
Op-Ed: Where is the Israeli Military Heading? -- Arutz Sheva
Highlights of the 2013 Report to the US Congress on China's Military -- Next Big Future
India's First Indigenous Carrier Faces Delays, Cost Growth -- Defense News
Pakistan's Pledge to Fund Naval Development Met with Skepticism -- Defense News
Cemetery for Wehrmacht Soldiers Opens in Smolensk Region -- RIA Novosti
Russian Army to Unveil New Robotic Vehicles in 2014 -- RIA Novosti
Moscow blasts Georgia's tilt toward NATO -- UPI
Nuclear security: Russian military holds emergency response exercises -- Voice of Russia
The Global Cybersecurity Market 2013-2023 -- Defence Talk
Taiwan protests throw spotlight on Asia's military service -- CNN
US military satellite, paid for by Australia, launched into orbit -- NBC/Reuters
U.S. Army general improperly accepted gifts in South Korea -- Washington Post
QDR: Air Force Circles Wagons Around F-35; No Big Push For Drones -- Breaking Defense
Researcher: UAVs Many Years Away From Entering National Airspace -- Defense Tech
Drone safety software 'decades' away, expert says -- Stars and Stripes/Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Joint Chiefs Chairman To Visit Israel, Jordan -- Defense News/AFP
Exclusive: IRS manual detailed DEA's use of hidden intel evidence -- Reuters
N.S.A. Sifting Broader Set of Data Crossing U.S. Border -- New York Times
Going 'full ruck,' through the night and the hurt, before deployment -- Stars and Stripes
Budget cuts spell end of fire-ravaged US nuclear sub -- CNN
DOD planning for sequestration in fiscal 2014; can’t rule out force reductions -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon: Future furloughs likely if sequester remains -- Washington Times
US could reduce army by further 15 percent: Hagel -- Defense Talk/AFP
Obama: Sex assaults undermine military's integrity -- NBC
Same-sex spouses may get military benefits -- AP
Ft. Hood shooter first considered killing soldiers at Ft. Benning, Ga., report says -- FOX News
Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan 'wants execution' - lawyer -- BBC
The Fort Hood attack was terrorism. The Army should call it that. -- Shawn Manning, Washington Post
Manning's WikiLeaks breach triggered costly U.S. Army scramble: witness -- Reuters
America's Disappearing War Data -- Gerry Brown and Andrew Shaver, National Interest
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