Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 8, 2014

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan, left, and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Reuters

Chuck Hagel Lectures China Over Disputed Islands As He Warns Beijing That America Will Side With Japan In Any Dispute -- Daily Mail

* Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wagged his finger at the Chinese
* He said they have no right to an air defense zone over disputed islands
* Japan and China both claim islands in East China Sea as theirs
* They are uninhabited but stand over undersea oil reserves

China and America's defense chiefs faced off over a territorial dispute about islands in the East China Sea, with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wagging his finger at the Chinese and telling them that they don't have the right to unilaterally establish an air defense zone over the islands.

And he said on Tuesday that the U.S will protect Japan in a dispute with China, as laid out in U.S. treaty obligations.

Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan said his country will not take the initiative to stir up troubles with Japan, but Beijing is ready to use its military if needed to safeguard its territory. And he warned that the U.S. must ‘stay vigilant’ against Japan's actions and ‘not be permissive and supportive’ of Tokyo.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs

Hagel, China counterpart air differences over territorial disputes -- AP

China's Defense Minister Warns U.S. Against Taiwan Arms Sales -- CRI English

Chinese army follows cyber laws: defense minister -- Xinhuanet

Advanced Mig-31BM Interceptors Stationed in Western Russia -- RIA Novosti

With Russia controlling Crimea, Ukrainian army allegiances waver -- Reuters

Rasmussen: Russian Actions in Ukraine Threaten NATO Relations -- Defense News

NATO warns Russia against 'historic mistake' -- The Hill

(Iran) IRGC Equips Speed Boats with Anti-Warship Missiles -- FARS News Agency

Another Indian Navy Vessel Catches Fire -- Defense News

Canada: No F-35 Buys Before 2018 -- Defense News

Czech firm says planning sale of 12 L-159 fighter jets to Iraq -- Reuters

John Kerry, U.S. Military Clash on Approach to Syria's Rebels -- Wall Street Journal

Kerry clashes with Pentagon over Syria strategy -- The Hill

Hagel tours China's new aircraft carrier -- AP

DOD Must Meet New Challenges With Smaller Force, Fox Says -- US Department of Defense

Fox Challenges Marines, Navy to Innovate -- US Department of Defense

US Army, Marines Struggle With Infantry Vehicle Replacements -- Defense News

Coast Guard Wants Precision Machine Guns -- Defense Tech

Finmeccanica Proposes 76mm Gun for LCS -- DoD Buzz

Navy's newest weapon kills at seven times the speed of sound -- CBS

Navy laser weapon with 'video game-like controller' set to deploy -- CNET

Endurance record in the books, Air Force's secret space plane continues its mystery mission -- al.com

Navy to Test F-35C on Carrier This Fall -- Defense Tech

Boeing shutting down C-17 military transport production early -- News Tribune

Congress and Pentagon are engaged in a new fight: Where do Apache helicopters belong? -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Soldiers set to wear night vision CONTACTS after researchers develop super-thin sensors -- Daily Mail

Former NSA and CIA director Hayden defends drone warfare to a Lewis & Clark audience -- The Oregonian

Hayden thinks Feinstein's 'emotional' opposition to CIA interrogations taints report -- FOX News

Dems slam CIA ex-boss over Feinstein criticism -- SFGate/AP

NSA-Leaker Snowden Shares 'Truth-Telling' Award With Journalist Who Helped Him -- Newsweek

Germany opens NSA spy probe amid calls to deliver Snowden to testify -- RT

NSA logs reveal flood of post-Snowden FOIA requests -- Al Jazeera

Supreme Court passes on NSA surveillance case -- CNet

The NSA Has Been Ordered To Disclose How Much Water It Uses -- io9

Fort Hood officials lay out entire shooting spree -- Stars and Stripes

US Attorney General Eric Holder presses for technology to make guns ‘more safe’ -- Washington Times

Military trying hard to reverse rank tobacco has among troops -- Al Jazeera

Group promotes military entrepreneurs -- UT San Diego

Brennan must defend CIA’s terrorist interrogation program -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post

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