Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 5, 2015

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Top Story: This Chart Shows The Staggering Hourly Cost Of Operating US Military Aircraft (Business Insider)

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 5, 2015

US weighs armor, anti-sniper upgrades for Iraq’s army tanks -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg

Iraq asks Australian PM for more military aid -- Al Arabiya

No transfer of US frigates to Turkey due to political concerns -- Today's Zaman

Iran Shows Off Deceptive Missile Drone, Home-made Torpedo And Coast-To-Sea Cruise Missiles -- IBTimes

Iran Reveals World’s First Missile-Escaping ‘Suicide’ Drone -- Sputnik

China May Have Started Construction of Next Generation Destroyer Type 055 for the PLAN -- Navy Recognition

PLA's Type 096 submarine can carry 24 missiles -- Want China Times

China To Build More Warship Destroyers In 2015 As It Enhances Nuclear Submarine Fleet By 2020 -- IBTimes

China starts military procurement website to boost transparency -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg

France hopeful of $6-billion Maitri missile project -- Economic Times

Israel Angles to Extend US Offer for V-22s -- Defense News

Israel Seeks Space, Cyber Cooperation with Japan -- Defense News

Denmark to Create Cyber Army Following Hacker Attacks: Reports -- Sputnik

US Army to send even more troops, tanks to Europe -- Army Times

Amid Criticism, US Navy Confident in New Arresting Gear System for Next Carrier -- Defense News

US Navy considers more sonobuoys off Pacific Coast -- Military Times/AP

Navy safety boss grapples with '14 spike in aviation mishaps -- Navy Times

The U.S. Navy's Next Super Weapon? Here Come Unmanned Underwater Vehicles -- National Interest

‘Software disaster’: Pentagon never even planned F-35’s gun to shoot until 2019 -- RT

U.S. Army Aims to Build a Better Bullet -- Time

Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says -- Daily Beast

DARPA UAVs Would Be Fast, Light and Fly Themselves -- Defense News

Congress: We went too far on star-rank retirement -- Stars and Stripes

Military families in largest ever bereavement study share insights on grief -- Stars and Stripes/AP

'Military Children': Coping With The Loss Of A Parent -- NPR

Salute who, sir? MoD reminds soldiers who they should show respect to as top brass complain of being called 'mate' by servicemen -- Daily Mail

Who, What, Why: Why does the military insist on saluting? -- BBC

The Real Reason For The Poor State Of Military Morale -- Carl Forsling, Task & Purpose