Monday, January 13, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 13, 2014



Arms Sale Debate Erupts As Fallujah Falls -- Defense News

WASHINGTON — Weapon sales to Iraq have become entangled in sharply escalated political debate after al-Qaida affiliated forces regained partial control of the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi.

Aides to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., criticized the Obama administration last week, saying it had failed to engage Congress constructively on policy decisions, delaying the sale of certain weapon systems to Iraq.

Yet concern also exists that the Iraqi government could use some weapons against civilian opposition.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Russia Develops High-Tech 'Beast From Beneath' Submarine -- IBTimes

Iran Mulls Replacement for Russian S-300 Missile System -- Defense News/AFP

Iran Planning to Send Team to Russia to Choose Replacement for S-300 Missile System Delivery -- FARS News Agency (Iran)

Italy Plans €6B Ship Buy -- Defense News

China Military to Stop Buying Foreign-Branded Cars, Xinhua Says -- Bloomberg

How the WZ-2000 became China's first unmanned combat air vehicle -- Want China Times

New German Defense Minister Eyes More Family-Friendly Military -- Defense News/AFP

Future UK Armored Vehicle Programs Emerge -- Defense News

First KC-46A Baseline Test Aircraft Due This Month -- DoD Buzz

Honeywell acknowledges federal investigation into fighter jet parts made in China -- AP

US Plans Radical Upgrade of Stryker Brigades -- Defense News

Navy’s big Triton drone completes ninth test flight -- Stars and Stripes

John McCain seeks congressional investigation into 'broken' NSA -- The Guardian

NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says -- Washington Post

Spy agencies’ attorney has fiercely defended surveillance programs revealed by Snowden -- Washington Post

U.S. attorney's office accuses man of trying to ship military documents to Iran -- CNN

On the hunt for military phonies -- Stars and Stripes/Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.

US Military Responds To Arctic Ocean Melting: Polar Ice Melting Prompts US Military To Protect New Waterways -- IBTimes

Why The US Will Not Sell Advanced Fighters To Taiwan -- Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat

Why the China Military Strategy Debate Matters -- T. X. Hammes, National Interest

Why the Washington Post's New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous -- Normon Solomon, Huffington Post

Columnist argues for abolishing Air Force -- Jeff Schogol, Air Force Times

The misuse of American might, and the price it pays -- Andrew J. Bacevich, L.A. Times

Does America Have Any Naval Strategists Anymore? -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat

Months After Marriage, A Military Wife Becomes An 'Unremarried Widow' -- NPR

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