Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 23, 2013

U.S. Army Focused on 2020 Despite Dire Budget Environment -- Defense Tech

Army leaders said they haven’t lost focus on advancing future technologies for 2020 in spite of the major budget hurdles the service is facing with sequestration and gridlock on Capitol Hill, officials said Monday at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition.

“The focus beyond 2020 is where we have to redouble our efforts,” said Gen. Robert Cone, the commanding general for TRADOC.

Cone addressed at crowd at the trade show on the same day that Army Secretary John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the service’s current portfolio of modernization programs is in serious jeopardy.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

U.S. Army General Sees No End in Sight to Cuts -- DoD Buzz

US Army Pushes To Upgrade Missile Defense Systems -- Defense Tech

Army Vows JLTV Commitment Despite Cuts -- DoD Buzz

House Intel Chairman Sees 'Negative Consequences' if Saudis Shift Away from US -- Defense News

Threat of weapons of mass destruction not gone, EU says -- UPI

S. Korean military to launch cyber warfare center next year -- Global Post/Yonhap News Agency

Investigators Raid Agency of Military in South Korea -- New York Times

Japan's security strategy draft vows active peacekeeping role -- Stars and Stripes/Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan’s new anti-drone law is a harbinger of what’s to come -- War Is Boring

India, China sign defense accord, but problems persist even as economic ties grow -- Washington Post

MiG Begins Testing New Russian Navy Fighter Jets -- RIA Novosti

Russian Commandos to Adopt New Underwater Assault Rifles -- RIA Novosti

Hagel, NATO Defense Ministers Gather at ‘Inflection Point’ -- US Department of Defense

NSA's Italy op exposed: ‘Millions’ of private communications intercepted with govt awareness -- RT

Guardian leaks 'let terrorists escape', Minister tells MPs as he warns newspaper has damaged GCHQ -- Daily Mail

Edward Snowden NSA files: Guardian should be prosecuted, says Tory MP -- The Guardian

James Clapper: Reports US tapped French phones 'false' -- BBC

NSA must prove value of phone program: Our view -- USA Today editorial

NATO to scale back training for Afghan air force -- Washington Times

USS Nimitz sent to Mediterranean -- Stars and Stripes

US nuke officers left blast door open -- AP

Infantry: The Rediscovered Art Of Cave Hunting -- Strategy Page

Blue Angels Announce Full 2014 Air Show Season -- Navy.mil

Generation Y rebels: Younger workers flout tech security rules, survey finds -- Washington Times

Saab To Consolidate US Defense Holdings -- Defense News

Pentagon Budget Cuts Spare Lockheed Martin (for Now) -- Bloomberg Businessweek

New National Monument for Military Working Dogs -- Military.com

The militarization of U.S. police forces -- Michael Shank and Elizabeth Beavers, Reuters

High North or High Tension? How to head off war in the last frontier on Earth. -- Admiral James Stavridis, USN (RET), National Security/Foreign Policy

Counterterrorism: Where are Obama’s policy changes? -- Daphne Eviatar, Reuters

The sequester: A new lever for reducing the U.S. nuclear arsenal? -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Think Sequestration Didn't Affect The Military? Think again... -- Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, Esquire

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