Friday, October 19, 2012

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 19, 2012

U.S. Army Gen. David Rodriguez, (center), commander, United States Army Forces Command, speaks to Maj. Gen. Joseph Anderson, (left), commander, 4th Infantry Division based in Fort Carson, Colo., soldiers and roleplayers acting as Afghan National Army soldiers, inside an operational coordination center-regional at the Joint Readiness Training Center Feb. 22, 2012. Security force assistant teams from various brigade combat teams are training at Fort Polk, La., for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan where they will be advisors to Afghan National Security Forces. Dvids

The General Who Planned The Afghanistan Surge Is Heading To Africa -- Business Insider/AFP

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday nominated a former senior commander in Afghanistan as the new head of the military's Africa Command, which oversees US security efforts on the continent.

The change in leadership comes amid growing concerns over Al-Qaeda's affiliates in the region, particularly in Mali, and a deadly attack on a US consulate in Libya linked to Islamist extremists.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Satellite photos of Iran military site bring questions of explosives testing -- FOX News

China Navy Conducts East China Sea Exercises Amid Japan Row -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Korea to Boost Naval Capacity Amid Regional Arms Race
-- Chosun Ilbo

IDF tank battalion practices racing to war -- Jerusalem Post

Report: Hezbollah drone made in Germany -- YNet News

Argentine Military Intel Chief Resigns Over Ship Seizure -- Defense News

Russia to increase military export -- Voice of Russia

Cossack security firms to guard Russian state property -- RT

Iraq PM Calls On U.S. To Speed Up Arms Deliveries -- Defense News

Asian Defense Spending, 2000–2011
-- Defence Talk

US Commander in Japan Apologizes Over Rape Case -- ABC News/AP

US invites Burma to military drills with Thailand -- BBC

Frost & Sullivan: Global Military Land Vehicles Market under Transition -- Defpro

Navy Fears Pentagon Neglects New Missile Sub; SSBN(X) Must Survive Almost 80 Years -- Aol Defense

Critics Worry Army's New Global Operations Plan Poaches On Marines -- Aol Defense

Special Report: Airlift, Sealift and Amphibious Lift -- Defense News

Darpa Wants to Find Hidden Bombs the Way Doctors Find Breast Cancer
-- Danger Room

EADS hopes to sell Army on buying new scout helicopters -- Star Telegram

EADS To Army: Bring On Armed Aerial Scout Competition -- Aol Defense

Report: CIA Seeks Approval to Expands Its Drone Fleet
-- National Journal

New littoral ship due to arrive on Thursday -- UT San Diego

Navy to Christen Amphibious Assault Ship America -- Navy.mil

U.S. Army training blends conventional warfare with a side of counterinsurgency -- Stars and Stripes

After Benghazi, State Dept. Seeks Diplomat Tracking Technologies -- Information Week

The US Government May Lock Up This Whistleblower To Protect The CIA's 'Prime Torturer' -- Business Insider

Accused Ft. Hood shooter should shave beard, appeals court rules -- L.A. Times

Why civilian military secretaries are no longer needed -- Harold Brown, Washington Post

Drone strikes: a scandal … or just a sideshow?
-- Jenny Holland, The Guardian

Romney campaign enlists over 300 military generals -- Human Events

Should military veterans endorse presidential candidates? -- Anne Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor

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