Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 5, 2014

American General Reportedly Assassinated In 'Green-On-Blue' Shooting At Afghan Army Training Base -- FOX News

A U.S. major general was shot and killed Tuesday by a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform who opened fire at an army training academy outside Kabul, the Associated Press reported.

At least 15 soldiers -- reportedly mostly Americans and some Germans --were wounded in the close-range assassination-style attack.

The attack at Camp Qargha killed the highest-ranking U.S. officer of the nearly 13-year war and comes as foreign troops prepare to withdraw by the year's end, according to The Associated Press. U.S. officials identified the U.S. officer as a two-star general.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 5, 2014

2-star US general killed in Afghan green-on-blue attack – reports -- RT

American General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy -- ABC News

Pentagon selling — and scrapping — equipment in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post

Afghans Feel Bite Of Military Pullout -- Radio Free Europe

After 4 Weeks, Israel Reverts to Initial War Tactics -- Defense News

China Developing Capability To Kill Satellites, Experts Say -- Defense News

Amnesty International Accuses Nigerian Military Of Committing War Crimes, Claims Videos Show Abuses (GRAPHIC VIDEO) -- AP

Germany Blocks the Delivery of Military Parts to Russia -- New York Times

Berlin Blocks Rheinmetall Defense Deal With Russian Military -- Wall Street Journal

India Ignores US Calls For Russian Sanction, Will Go-Ahead With Submarine Purchase -- Defense World

EU may buy French warships built for Russia -- UPI

As Russian Sanctions Force France To Make Tough Choices, Military Sale To Asia May Offer Easy Way Out -- IBTimes

Russian Air Force Gets New Batch of Su-30M2 Fighters -- RIA Novosti

Russian Army to Equip Ground Forces With ‘Iskander’ Missiles by 2018 -- RIA Novosti

Russia Develops Robots for Maritime Defense -- RIA Novosti

Russia’s Army to Get ‘Future Soldier’ Gear in October – Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti

Israel’s Other Battle—Keeping the Pentagon on Their Side -- David Francis, Fiscal Times

Israel Flagged as Top Spy Threat to U.S. in New Snowden/NSA Document -- Newsweek

Surveillance paradise: How one man spied on NSA in Bahamas (VIDEO) -- RT

Soldiers were poisoned by rebels, Colombian army says -- FOX News

American Heavy Tanks to be Stored in Mountains of Norway - Reports -- RIA Novosti

US Army Gets Upgraded Chinook Helicopter Fleet -- Live Science

The US Army wants to replace gross rations with 3D-printed food -- Verge

Inside the Military's Secretive Smartphone Program -- Gizmodo

US government, military research program helped identify experimental Ebola treatment -- FOX News

Ebola 'Secret Serum': Small Biopharma, The Army, And Big Tobacco -- David Kroll, Forbes

U.S. black officers dismissed at greater rate than whites -- USA Today

Ex-Pentagon official cited for ethical lapses -- Washington Post

C-130 Airlifter: The Most Successful Military Aircraft Ever -- Loren Thompson, Forbes

Military services seeking innovative ways to attract highly skilled recruits -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post

Analysts to quiz military couples on romantic lives -- Virginia-Pilot

Are You Ready for Some Tank Biathlon? -- Joshua Keating, Slate

Why Is the CIA Torture Report Still Secret? -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

Our Aircraft Carriers Are Not Sitting Ducks -- Rear Admiral Edward Masso, Forbes