Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- September 26, 2012


After Wasting $5 Billion Dollars The Army Is Eyeing These New Camouflage Patterns -- Business Insider

Earlier this summer we wrote: "The U.S. Marine Corps has long been known for doing more with less; smaller, more agile, and quick to react, it actually employed that ability when hunting for new uniforms in 2002.

Erik German at The Daily tells the story of the Marines and the Army's uniform selections, mentioning a conversation he had with a textile technologist that shows the Marines flexibility and the Army's cumbersome bureaucracy.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Exclusive: Brazil delays jets decision until 2013; Boeing ascendant -- Reuters

US consulate attack in Benghazi 'disrupted major intelligence operation’ -- The Telegraph

Libyan militias melt into desert, wait for another day -- CNN

Work halted at N Korea rocket launch pad -- News24

Iran Preps New Drones -- Washington Free Beacon

Indian Air Force To Buy 22 Apache Helos -- Aviation Week

Reorganizing The Soviet Defense Industry -- Strategy Page

Let’s break up BAE – or sell it to the US -- The Telegraph

BAE-EADS Merger Could Reduce U.K. Govt. Influence -- Defense News

Okinawa governor's plea to stop Osprey deployment denied -- Stars and Stripes

Army leaders adjust to role as Afghan advisers -- Army Times/AP

Islamist group warns of new cyber attacks on US banks -- France24/AFP

The Islamic Anonymous Is Ramping Up Its Cyber War With The West -- Business Insider

US Navy's New Floating Base Gets a Workout in Gulf
-- ABC News/AP

Air Force’s Secret Space Plane Prepped for New Launch -- Danger Room

Basing of first U.S. Space Fence facility announced -- U.S. Air Force

DoD Comptroller: Stopgap Funding Bill Will Cause ‘Serious Problems’ -- Defense News

New Ruling on Katrina Favors Corps of Engineers -- New York Times

DoD cracks down on sexual assaults by trainers
-- Army Times

Homosexuals in the military demand special privileges: Toleration doesn’t cut both ways. -- Col. Ron Crews, Washington Times

Silver Star Recipients Added to Valor Site -- US Department of Defense

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