Monday, April 21, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 21, 2014

Armed men at the entrance to City Hall in Slavyansk, Ukraine. © REUTERS/ Gleb Garanich

Ukraine Claims Russian Military, Intelligence Behind Eastern Unrest -- FOX News

Ukraine's interim government says it has proof that Russian military and intelligence forces are fomenting the unrest that has destabilized the eastern part of that country since Russia's annexation of Crimea last month.

The New York Times reports that photos and descriptions circulated by the Kiev government show that some of the so-called "green men" -- gunmen who have seized government buildings and demanded Crimea-style referenda on becoming part of Russia -- have been identified in other photos as being among Russian troops.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Ukraine Provides Evidence of Russian Military in Civil Unrest -- New York Times

US Pics of Gunmen in East Ukraine Allege Involvement of Russian Troops -- RIA Novosti

Kramatorsk Dispatch: Humiliating Capitulation Dampens Troops' Morale -- Radio Free Europe

Hagel: U.S. May 'Adjust' Missile Defenses in Europe, As Tensions Rise -- Global Security Newswire

Russia, Belarus to Conduct Joint Aircraft and Air Defense Exercises -- RIA Novosti

Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov ends Mediterranean mission, leaves for Atlantic Ocean -- Voice of Russia

NATO Military Dolphins to Roam Black Sea – Media -- RIA Novosti

Female Soldiers Shine on China's First Aircraft Carrier -- WomenofChina.cn

Growing Chinese military budget cements power perceptions in Pacific -- Matthew M. Burke, Stars and Stripes

Japan to Arm Remote Western Island, Risking More China Tension -- Voice of America

Reports: Japan Steps Up Surveillance Posture Against China -- Defense News

Japanese Stealth Demonstrator To Fly This Year -- AIN Online

Iranian Army Ground Force Unveils 5 New Products -- Tasnim News Agency

Turkish Law Gives Spy Agency Controversial Powers -- Voice of America

Almost half of Canada’s navy vessels are under repair or being upgraded -- Canada.com

Harper’s tough choice on new fighter jet for Canada -- Toronto Star

In Shift to Africa, US Troops Find Complicated Relationships -- Defense news

Unit Costs Surge for MQ-8 Fire Scout Drone -- DoD Buzz

Training For An Uncertain Military Future In The Calif. Desert -- NPR

Study: U.S. Combat Aviation Stuck in the Industrial Age -- Sandra I. Erwin, National Defense

DoD Reshapes R&D, Betting on Future Technology -- Defense News

US Military Developing Foldable Space Telescope (Video, Images) -- Space.com

Navy OKs changes for submariners’ sleep schedules -- Washington Post/AP

Army to build military’s largest solar array in Arizona -- The Hill

When a carrier strike group returns to Norfolk, the 'small boys' come home, too -- Stars and Stripes/The (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press

Navy surveys female sailors for sub duty -- Navy Times

Pilot's career stalls after criticizing oxygen system -- Stars and Stripes/Virginian Pilot

Army’s Ban on Some Popular Hairstyles Raises Ire of Black Female Soldiers -- New York Times

Dozens denied Navy base access due to past crimes -- AP

Boredom, drugs, low morale: The struggle to stay on high alert for a nuclear Armageddon -- Stars and Stripes/Slate

CIA torture architect breaks silence to defend 'enhanced interrogation' -- The Guardian

Former Ranger breaks silence on Pat Tillman death: I may have killed him -- Washington Times

Glenn Greenwald book to contain 'new stories from the Snowden archive' -- The Guardian

Caught Between Military and Civilian Justice, a Battered Wife Waits and Waits for Help -- Jacob Siegel, Daily Beast

Gulf War illness: Thousands who served still report mysterious symptoms -- Stars and Stripes/El Paso Times, Texas

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