Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 11, 2014

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels August 11, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Yves Herman

NATO Chief Says Will Have To Decide On Afghan Pullout Soon -- Reuters

(Reuters) - NATO will soon be forced to take a decision on a total pullout from Afghanistan unless a deadlock over the country's election ends and a new president signs an agreement allowing foreign forces to stay, the head of the alliance said on Monday.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Reuters the Sept. 4-5 NATO summit in Wales would be very close to a deadline for taking that decision.

"Soon we will have to take tough decisions because if there isn't a legal basis for our continued presence in Afghanistan, we will have to withdraw everything by the end of this year and to do that we will have to start planning ... very soon," he said, without giving a firm date.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 11, 2014

Official: Iraq turmoil not an ‘intelligence failure’ -- The Hill

Drones Join Fighter Jets in Striking Targets in Iraq -- Defense Tech

Naval Power Bolsters U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq -- DoD Buzz

Will U.S. Fighters Hit U.S.-Made Tanks in Iraq? -- DoD Buzz

Koreans eyeing Iron Dome after seeing wartime success -- Haaretz/Reuters

AquaShield: Protecting Israel’s Maritime Border -- Breaking Israeli News

NATO chief sees ‘high probability’ of Russian intervention in Ukraine -- The Hill

Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces Deploy S-400 to Ashuluk Training Range -- RIA Novosti

The Yak-130: The Russian Army’s ‘flying iPhone’ -- Russia Beyond The Headlines

Russia to Start Developing Replacement for MiG-31 in 2017 -- RIA Novosti

Russia to Continue Taking Part in Defense Shows Abroad -- RIA Novosti

Azerbaijan buys medium-range missiles -- News.az

The dangers of SSBN proliferation in Indo-Pacific Asia -- Peter Dombrowski, Lowly Interpreter

China's development of a new long-range missile is a significant boost for the military, say analysts -- South China Morning Post

US opens defence arsenal to India, 7 offers on table -- Hindustan Times

Australia To Sign 25-Year US Marine Agreement -- Defense News/AFP

The Arms Industry Is Ripe Pickings for Hackers -- Robert Farley, War Is Boring

PTSD continues to afflict Vietnam veterans 40 years after the war -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times

Military coordinating effort to help sailboat battered by hurricanes off Hawaii -- Stars and Stripes

Marine Corps asking for input about female hairstyle regulations -- Stars and Stripes

America's Other Army -- Nicholas Kralev, Foreign Policy

Ebola Is a Military Problem, Too -- Kevin Knodell, War Is Boring