Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 19, 2014



Looking For Syria Options, U.S. Remains Cool To Using Force -- New York Times/Reuters

WASHINGTON — Despite a forthcoming review of options in the deteriorating Syria crisis, the White House on Tuesday signaled that President Barack Obama remains wary of any direct U.S. involvement in the three-year-old civil war.

U.S. policy toward Syria appears to be approaching a crossroads, with peace talks between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and his armed opponents having failed for now and Russia unwilling or unable to pressure its ally Assad to cede power.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

China says bigger soldiers causing cramped tanks -- AP

China Joins US-Thailand Cobra Gold Military Drills -- CRI English

Israel unveils "Super Heron" MALE drone -- Space War

Israel Wants to Use Lasers to Shoot Down Missiles -- Popular Mechanics

PAF acquires F-16s from Jordan -- International News

Turkey Demands $183M in Penalties From Boeing for AEW&C Program Delays -- Defense News

Colombian military chief Gen Barrero replaced amid scandals -- BBC

UK Defence chiefs need to get smarter over budget cuts -- Portsmouth News

Seven more Afghan detainees under review for release -- The Hill

At Camp Leatherneck, Amos says Marines have transformed Helmand -- Stars and Stripes

Navy Orions likely damaged in hangar collapse -- Stars and Stripes

Report: Pentagon to Buy Fewer F-35s in 2015 -- DoD Buzz

US Army Emphasizes Speed as It Plans for an Uncertain Future -- Defense News

The End of the New ICBM -- Stephen Young, Defense One

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Agency to Delay Work on Interoperable Warhead -- Global Security Newswire

US Navy to Deploy Next Generation of Weapons -- Voice of America

Marines Budget Scramble: Commandant Resurrects MPC, ACV In Limbo -- Breaking Defense

Stryker crews find ways to defeat armored enemy -- Stars and Stripes/The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)

Defense contracts drop 66 percent -- The Hill

Defense contractors face realities of a slimmer Pentagon as cutbacks yield smaller awards -- Washington Post

The Pentagon is Trying to Replace Coffee with Electric Brain Stimulation -- Slate

AT&T Says U.S. Sought Surveillance on 35,000 User Accounts -- Bloomberg

NSA surveillance exposes political party divisions -- AP

Homeland Security is seeking a national license plate tracking system -- Washington Post

Pentagon gets new media chief -- Stars and Stripes

McCain as Armed Services chairman? -- The Hill

U.S. Military Tears Down Army Base Site of Mass Killing in Texas -- New York Times/Reuters

Soldier suspended for distasteful honor guard posts: ‘We put the fun in funeral’ -- Washington Times

Pentagon agency slow to ID, return remains of America's fallen -- CBS

US missile shield: ‘Russian Bear sleeping with one eye open’ -- William Engdahl/RT

Killer robot drones are like drugs: regulate, but resist the urge to ban them -- UAV News

The Next Drone Wars: Preparing for Proliferation -- Sarah Kreps and Micah Zenko, Foreign Affairs

Climate Change Looming As Threat to U.S. National Security -- Weather Channel

Hagel pens op-ed: US is committed to Asia -- The Hill

The Return of the Pentagon’s “Wish Lists” -- Mark Thompson, Time

Will America forget its veterans? -- Kayla Williams, Christian Science Monitor

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,173 -- AP

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