Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 7, 2014

Nigerian President Seeks $1B to Fight Boko Haram -- Voice of America

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan wants to borrow up to $1 billion in foreign funds to help security forces fight militant group Boko Haram.

In a letter to parliament seeking approval for the loan, Jonathan said the government needs the money to "upgrade the equipment, training and logistics of the armed forces."

The oil-rich nation has a military budget of about $6 billion per year, but large sums are believed lost to widespread corruption.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 7, 2014

Putin Denies Plans to Re-open Soviet-Era Intel Outpost in Cuba -- RIA Novosti

Kalashnikov on Sanctions: US Ordered Three Times Annual of Company's Products in Advance -- RIA Novosti

CSTO Holds Military Exercises in Central Asia -- RIA Novosti

Japan approves joint missile study, export to US -- AP

The Biggest Threat To China's Growing Military Might -- Miles M. Evers, National Interest

Philippines Military Goes on Shopping Spree -- Wall Street Journal

Mali, France sign military cooperation deal -- AFP

In Photos: Kim Jong-un Enjoying North Korean Military Exercises -- Vice

Royal Air Force Upgrades Tornado in Shadow of F-35 -- DoD Buzz

France to redeploy its troops in Africa due to terrorism concerns -- AP

FBI: Chinese hacker accessed gold mine of data on F-22, F-35 and 32 U.S. military projects -- Washington Times

Espionage claims could test US-German military accord, experts say -- Stars and Stripes

Lockheed, BAE Vie for F-16 Upgrades Abroad -- DoD Buzz

‘Magic Carpet’ to Make Carrier Landings Easier on F/A-18 Pilots -- Defense Tech

Air Force Tests Small Diameter Bomb II to Hit Moving Targets -- Defense Tech

Don’t look now, but the plan for massive drones on aircraft carriers is coming -- Washington Post

Military ramps up use of underwater drones. What do they do? -- Kristina Lindborg, CSM

The A-10 and the Rescue Helicopter -- Air Force Magazine

Lawmakers accuse DOD of seeking ‘slush fund’ with $60B war request -- The Hill

Senators vow to reassert America's rocket power -- The Hill

US Surrenders Naval Logistics Supremacy -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat

Operation Audit: The CIA Has an Embarrassing Problem with Its Tax Returns -- Newsweek

Over 500 Grievous Injuries or Deaths at VA Hospitals in 2013 -- Washington Free Beacon

Veterans bill in trouble after $17.6B request -- The Hill

‘Snowden should be praised, not prosecuted’ – UN rights watchdog -- RT

Bowe Bergdahl to be represented by former military prosecutor -- CBS News

USS Reagan sailors not exposed to high radition levels in Japan, report finds -- Stars and Stripes

DARPA’s $40 Million Plan to Save Soldiers’ Brains -- Daily Beast

The Next Big Thing in Aviation Is Small -- Danica Kirka, AP

UCLASS and The Future of Naval Power Projection -- J. Randy Forbes, National Interest

Camp Lejeune and the U.S. Military's Polluted Legacy -- Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek