Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Secretary of State John Kerry and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify at the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Hostutler
Facing Reality At The Pentagon -- Gordon Adams, Foreign Policy
Washington is clearly insane. But have military planners finally come to grips with the sequester?
The shutdown/debt ceiling/budget crisis may be over, for now. But inside the Beltway, most folks who care about defense issues and the military continue to bang away at the assumed "damage" that sequestration and these budget battles are doing to America's military capabilities. The Buck McKeons and John McCains of the world shrilly advertise the end of U.S. military superiority as we have known it, while the service chiefs parade to the Hill to alert these same "defenders of defense" to the perilous state the military risks finding itself in, if sequestration continues unabated.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Did Turkey Just Let a Chinese Trojan Horse into NATO? -- Barın Kayaoğlu, National Interest
Russia to test new missile -- Washington Times
China’s PLA Marines: An Emerging Force -- Christopher P. Isajiw, The Diplomat
China's Unmanned Submersible Mission Hailed as Successful -- CRIEnglish
The Call for Collective Defense in Japan -- Todd Crowell, Real Clear World
German naval defence firm eyes India's growing market -- Economic Times
Chopper shortage rattles Indian Navy during joint exercise with British fleet -- Daily Mail
Last six Dutch soldiers leave Kunduz, Afghanistan -- Dutch News
Dutch face reality of a failed F-35 program -- Eric Palmer Blog
Brazil Builds Russian Defence Ties With Missile Plan -- Reuters
UN peace force in Mali 'needs troops and equipment' -- BBC
Thousands of additional troops urged for force in Somalia -- Washington Post
Cameron Criticizes The Guardian for Publishing Secrets -- New York Times
SIGAR: Accounting on spare parts for Afghan army flawed -- Stars and Stripes
Government Motors: Afghanistan edition; U.S. wastes millions on Afghan autos -- Washington Times
Pentagon to review progress of F-35 fighter program next week -- Reuters
AF to announce F-35 candidate bases in the Pacific -- Air Force Times
Air Force Begins B-52 Upgrades -- Defense Tech
Lockheed Martin ready to answer US Navy’s next-generation targeting pod needs with the Sniper -- Navy Recognition
Android Terminal Assault Kit: US Forces Could Use App to Call in Airstrikes -- Epoch Times
BAE to Close Vehicle Plant, Lay Off Workers -- DoD Buzz
Pentagon Determining Fate of Revered Net Assessment Office -- Defense News
Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program -- Washington Post
Top NSA officials leaving spy agency -- NBC
Meet the man who could be next in line to control the NSA’s spying apparatus -- Washington Post
Should the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command be split up after Keith Alexander steps down? -- Washington Post
Naval Academy midshipman accused of sex assault wants superintendent removed -- Stars and Stripes/Baltimore Sun
Pentagon Chief Apologizes for Lost Medal of Honor Nomination -- Reuters
Hagel apologizes for delay in Swenson's Medal of Honor -- AP
The (War)Games We Play -- Adam Elkus, War On The Rocks
Submarines Alone Are Not Enough Nuclear Deterrent -- Robert Spalding, Defense One
Rebalancing the Defense budget -- U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead (Ret.), The Hill
Obama's Curious Purge Of The Military Continues -- IBD Editorial
A Pentagon enemy: Uncertainty -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
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