Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 19, 2014

NATO headquarters in Brussel. © AFP 2014/ Georges Gobet

Moscow Opposed To NATO Presence On Historic Russian Territory -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country was open to further cooperation with NATO, but remained opposed to the organization’s presence in historic Russian territories.

“We are not opposed to cooperation with NATO, not at all, but we are opposed to a military alliance … hosted outside our fences next to our home or on our historic territories,” Putin said.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Biden: U.S. military well-prepared to defend NATO allies from Russia -- Washington Post

Moscow Accuses Ukraine of Electronic Attack on Satellite -- Washington Free Beacon

US to consider war games in Baltic, warns Biden -- France 24

Ukrainian Defense Minister: 'I Am Prepared to Die for My Country' -- Interview Conducted By Matthias Schepp, Spiegel Online

Ukraine: Army raises $1m via text appeal for funds -- BBC

US, Germany inspectors to fly over Russia amid Ukraine tensions -- RT

US, German Military Inspectors to Fly Over Russia, Belarus -- RIA Novosti

UK offers Typhoons for Baltic Air Policing Mission -- Janes 360

UK Suspends Military Cooperation With Russia -- RIA Novosti

Croatia nears receipt of delayed MiG-21s from Ukraine -- Flight Global

How China Strengthens Japan’s Navy -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat

F-35's French rival pitches 'Canadianized' fighter jet -- CBC

Lake Chad Countries Agree on Military Task Force Amid Insecurity -- Voice of America

US Navy Wants Cheaper Small Warship -- Maritime Executive

Navy Memo Details New LCS Replacement Task Force -- DoD Buzz

Pentagon cost-cuttting: Change manned spy plane of the past to super drone of the future -- Washington Times

DARPA selects four bidders for high-speed VTOL X-Plane -- Flight Global

Pentagon Official: Research, Development No Place to Cut Costs -- US Department of Defense

Exclusive: Pentagon Withholds Internal Report About Flawed $2.7 Billion Intel Program -- Foreign Policy

Snowden: NSA program MYSTIC culls 100 percent of phone records from foreign country -- Washington Times

What did Snowden tell them? -- The Hill

Pentagon watchdog 'not aware' of NSA bulk phone data collection -- The Guardian

Lockheed Raises Quantum Computing Bet -- Defense Tech

President Obama awards long overdue Medals of Honor -- CBS

2nd man pleads guilty in Navy bribery scandal -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times

Sex assault trial begins for Naval Academy football player -- Noelle Swan, Christian Science Monitor

Can military try sexual assault cases? Critics decry general's plea deal. -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor

Break the chain of command on military sex assault cases -- Ruth Marcus, Washington Post

Navy Yard shooting might have been prevented, Pentagon review shows -- Washington Post

Navy Yard rampage could have been prevented, Pentagon review concludes -- Christian Science Monitor

Is discrimination a thing of the past in the US military? -- Janet Weinstein, Al Jazeera

US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 2,176 -- AP

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