Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 1, 2014



Report: N. Korea Fires On South During North's Military Drills; South Responds -- CNN

(CNN) -- North and South Korean artillery batteries exchanged hundreds of shells across their western sea border Monday, a day after North Korea warned it was preparing to test another nuclear device.

About 100 of the 500 shells North Korea fired into the Yellow Sea strayed across the line separating the two rivals' territorial waters, the semiofficial South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Yonhap quoted the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff as saying the South responded by firing about 300 shells into North Korean waters and dispatching fighter jets to the boundary, known as the Northern Limit Line.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

North Korea Sending Message To US With Missile Barrage -- Defense News

US Warns North Korea on ‘Provocations’ -- Voice of America

Signs of earthquake off North Korea prompts nuclear test fears -- The Telegraph

Ukraine Hikes Defense Spending Amid Crimea Crisis, Expands Arms Exports -- Defense News

Ukraine crisis: NATO chief Rasmussen says no Russian troop withdrawal seen -- CNN

NATO plans more support for east Europeans worried by Crimea -- Reuters

NATO Reassuring East Allies Amid No Sign of Russian Pullback -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Pace of NATO increasing military forces in Poland unsatisfactory: PM -- Reuters

Congress uneager for more troops in Europe despite Russian buildup -- The Hill

Finland Frets as Russia Launches Military Drills on Its Doorstep -- NBC

Moscow, Crimea Await Expanded Victory Day Parades -- RIA Novosti

S.Korea plans $1.3-bln tanker aircraft buy to boost air defence -- Reuters

Japan relaxes arms export regime to fortify defense -- Reuters

China Snubs Japan Over International Warship Gathering -- Defense News/AFP

India's Navy left 'defenceless' after being forced to 'make do' with outdated Soviet hardware -- Daily Mail

Swiss fighter jet deal could triple in cost -- The Local

Pakistan: Request for details of CIA chief’s visit turned down -- DAWN

China charges former senior military officer with graft: Xinhua -- Reuters

US seeking buyers for old military equipment in Afghanistan -- AP

Sniper takes out 6 Taliban militants in Afghanistan — with one bullet -- Washington Times

Pentagon Aiding Allies on Cybersecurity in Gulf to Asia -- Bloomberg

Major submarine accidents remain isolated but costly -- The Day

Auditors: F-35 Cost Slid 3% to $332 Billion -- DoD Buzz

Scrapping U-2 Won't Save As Much As Touted -- Defense News

Republicans Begin Campaign For Next House Intel Chair -- Daily Beast

Pentagon Weapons Spending Inches Upward -- Defense News

Military Officials Testify on Sequestration, Readiness -- US Department of Defense

Congress, Pentagon at odds in budget talks; it’s military’s needs vs. lawmakers’ home front -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Hagel suggests he favors tobacco sales ban at military installations -- Stars and Stripes

Pentagon Reorganizing How It Brings Home America's War Dead -- NPR

FBI, military hunt ex-Army recruit suspected of plotting 'Ft. Hood-inspired jihad' -- FOX News

The secret military tech inside household robot vacuum cleaner -- CNN

11 Incredible Products That Were Really Invented by the U.S. Military -- Policymic

Don't Bury the Tomahawk -- Seth Cropsey, Real Clear Defense

The Unsung Heroes Behind the Wounded Warriors -- ABC News

Why do the troops think so little of Obama? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

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