Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 15, 2014

Ex-CIA Officer: Lone Wolf Attacks Coming To US Within 'Next Year' -- The Hill

The United States should be prepared for a “lone wolf” terrorist attack within the next year, a former top Central Intelligence Agency official warned Monday.

“What concerns me the most is that we’re going to see this kind of terrorism around the world, and we are going to see it here ... we’re going to see this kind of attack here,” former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said on “CBS This Morning.”

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 15, 2014

Cost of Afghanistan War nears $1T -- The Hill

Pentagon's Syria plan would see results in 2016 -- The Hill

Iraqi F-16 pilots need years more training in U.S. -- Military Times

Pentagon to Send 250 MRAPs Back To Iraq to Fight ISIS -- Defense Tech

China offers military help to Iraq to defeat ISIS – report -- RT

Third test of WU-14 confirmed by Chinese defense ministry -- Want China Times

Chinese army helicopter shot down drone that sparked security alert over Beijing -- South China Morning Post

Su-35 Fighter Jets Could be Supplied to China from Russia Next Year, Official Says -- Epoch Times

French Air Chief Confident on Rafale Exports -- Defense News

Canadian navy sailors face near-total alcohol ban -- BBC

CIA report: MPs and peers seek material on any UK 'torture' role -- BBC

UK Warship Fires Supersonic Surface To Air Missile -- IBTimes

Future Russian Attack Submarines to Keep Double-Hull Design -- Sputnik

Russia Protests US Aid for Ukraine Military -- VOA

Russian Navy Refutes Reports on Mistral Security Intensity -- Sputnik

Oslo Suspends Military Cooperation With Moscow Until 2016: Defense Ministry -- Sputnik

Bill bars Pentagon deals with Russian arms dealer -- Washington Times/AP

Critics: Congress Expands ‘Slush Funds’ in Defense Bill -- DoD Buzz

New Congress will test Air Force plans -- Air Force Times

Abrams tank, Army vehicles come out ahead in defense budget bill -- Army Times

US Launches Atlas V Rocket With Classified Payload for Intelligence Agency -- Sputnik

The Navy Is Developing A Next-Generation Drone That Can Land On Aircraft Carriers -- Business Insider

A Tactical Boot Made for Civilians That’s Hard-Core Enough for Marines -- Wired

At Dodgers Stadium, Marines Put Boots On The Ground -- NPR

12 Navy sailors implicated in submarine shower scandal -- FOX News

US Marine charged with murder of Philippine transgender -- Stars and Stripes

Edward Snowden gets human rights award in Berlin -- Deutsche Welle

The Pacific Rim’s Future Wars Belong to Marines -- Kyle Mizokami, War Is Boring

Exiting Afghanistan, And What We Leave Behind -- NPR

Waterboarding, other interrogation techniques sometimes justified, half of Americans say: poll -- Washington Times

Will torture report change the CIA? -- Julian E. Zelizer, CNN

CIA Torture? Washington Is 'Shocked! Shocked!' -- Jeff Faux, Huffington Post