Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 30, 2011

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta
Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty

CIA Director Leon Panetta To Be The Next Secretary Of Defense? -- Yahoo News/The Envoy

As President Barack Obama prepares to defend his military intervention in Libya in a speech at National Defense University Monday night, he is set to lose his cabinet's most important national security heavyweight, holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

In recent farewell visits to Russia, Bahrain, Egypt and Israel, as well as at congressional hearings and Sunday news show appearances, Gates has made little secret of his plans to leave the job in the coming months--Defense officials anticipate a summer departure--nor of his concerns about the United States embarking on another military intervention in the Middle East.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Combat In Libya Takes Shape
-- Ares/Aviation Week

US gunships blast Gaddafi's troops -- ABC Nwes (Australia)

Libyan SA-24 Can't Be Used as MANPADS -- Ares/Aviation Week

NATO Is All Over The Place on Arming Libyan Rebels
-- The Danger Room

UK Government Denies Pilot Shortage for Libya No-Fly Zone -- Defense Tech

US forces fire on Libyan vessels: command -- AFP

South Korea to Hold Military Drill on Island Targeted by North Korea Last Year -- FOX News

Canada: Ignatieff vows to re-examine F-35 fighter plane deal
-- Natinoal Post

Maid Carrying Soldier’s Pack Sparks Row -- Military.com

US military says troops responded to Tikrit attack
-- AFP

Lockheed Martin Rolls Out First Special Operations MC-130J Combat Shadow II -- Lockheed

Navy AEGIS BMD Role Should Lead to Increased SPY-1 Radar Sales -- Defpro

White House decision on U.S. force structure in Europe coming soon -- Stars and Stripes

Rodriguez tapped for fourth star, FORSCOM command
-- Stars And Stripes

Libya Airstrikes Make Woodward First Woman to Lead U.S. Air War -- Bloomberg Businessweek

The Women Are Coming -- Strategy Page

New Pentagon Cyber Strategy Complete: Official
-- Defense News

Transition from kinetic military strategy to cyber strategy challenging -- Fierce Government IT

Increasing Need for Public-Private Partnerships in Cyber -- DoD Buzz

US Navy to field full-on robot war-jets as soon as 2018 -- The Register

Trident II D5 Missile: Keeping Up with Changing Times -- Defense Industry Daily

Efficiencies Effort Being Harmed By lack of ’11 Funding -- DoD Buzz

New disability evaluation system goes worldwide -- Army Times

Secret X-37B Space Plane Spotted Again by Amateur Skywatchers -- Space.com

The M1911 after a century of service
-- Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid

What Not to Sell on eBay: Drones -- The Danger Room

The Limits of Air Power
-- Armchair Generalist (commentary)

Actor and Former Navy Brat Lou Diamond Phillips to Host New Military Channel Franchise AN OFFICER AND A MOVIE -- PR Newswire

United States Military Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan – The Latest Numbers -- Home Post/KPBS

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