Monday, September 9, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 9, 2913



Official: US Could Increase Scale of Syria Strikes -- Defense News

WASHINGTON — The scale and purpose of the operation against Syria has not changed in recent weeks, although US forces would adjust as needed, a defense official told AFP.

“We will continue to review our targeting and targeting options as the Syrian government adapts over time,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“We are working to the same objective that President (Barack) Obama has outlined,” he insisted, responding to a report in the Los Angeles Times Sunday

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

US Plans ‘Significantly Larger’ Strike on Syria – Reports -- RIA Novosti

RAND study: U.S. military options risky in Syria -- Politico

Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defense system near Jerusalem -- Jerusalem Post

Official: CNO Misspoke on Mahan, Destroyer Costs -- Defense Tech

Some U.S. Military Officers Not Happy With Syrian War Prep -- Time

Russia Puts Submarine Trials on Hold After Bulava Failure -- RIA Novosti

Russian Army Received over 100 Tanks in 2013 - Defense Ministry -- RIA Novosti

Russian Air Force Shows Upgraded Awacs, and Plans New One -- AIN Online

Russian Military Inspectors to Fly Over France -- RIA Novosti

China to Sign for Su-35 Jets -- Moscow Times

China to Get Russian Su-35 Jets in 2014 – Rosoboronexport -- RIA Novosti

China develops new generation of high-speed aircraft -- ECNS.cn

Japan faces hurdles in plan to deploy drones -- Ashi Shimbun

Canada needs a bigger fleet -- Matt Gurney, National Post

Canada: Harper government now evaluating helicopters ‘other’ than troubled Cyclones -- Global News

MoD chief blames ministers for his department's blunders -- Herald Scotland

3 Chinese ships arrive in Hawaii for exercises with US Navy -- Strait Times

Some U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 -- Washington Times

Why The U.S. Military Is Falling In Love With Electric Vehicles -- Forbes

Pentagon Buying 260 Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles From Lockheed-Raytheon JV -- Motley Fool

Northrop Grumman joins L-3 in DARPA program to help AC-130s attack targets in bad weather -- Military & Aerospace

NATO's New Eyes in the Sky -- Air Force Magazine

Report: US spied on Brazil's Petrobras, Google -- AP

Report: NSA Can Access Most Smartphone Data -- AP

Satellite firm asking regulators to sell higher resolution images -- The Hill

Army Sets Date to Release Much-Anticipated Industrial Base Report -- Defense News

US Looking Overseas to Help Prop Up R&D -- Defense News

Chaplain with PTSD returns; shows troops there’s a way out of darkness -- Stars and Stripes

Looking closer at the role of life insurance in military suicides -- L.A. Times

Army colonel in Vicenza, Italy, relieved of command -- Stars and Stripes

How Grenada reshaped the US military -- Phil Kukielski, Boston Globe

Aircraft Carriers or Not? Flattops in the Pacific -- Mike Yeo, The Diplomat

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