Top Five Reasons Weapons Programs Are Canceled -- Forbes
Forbes loves lists. The richest counties. The worst cars. The priciest colleges. In nearly a year of blogging for Forbes, though, I haven’t managed to produce a single list about national security, the topic about which I usually write. Clearly, this oversight needs to be corrected. But what should my list be about? The biggest contractors? The best defense secretaries? The most popular military bands on YouTube?
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Russia to test 90 new types of weapon in 2011 -- Xinhuanet
Logistics: North Korean Tunnels Turned Into Tombs -- Strategy Page
PRC (China) aircraft carrier could set sail this year: NSB -- Taipei Times
New Images of China’s J-15 Carrier-Based Fighter -- Defense Tech
(China) SCO military chiefs meet in Shanghai on defense, security -- Xinhuanet
S. Korea Deploys Rockets Near Border: Reports -- Defense News
Iran Boosts Combat Capability of Strategic Aircraft -- FARS News Agency (Iran)
Azerbaijan: US Military Ties with Baku are Stagnating - Experts -- Eurasianet
A Cyber Arms Race? -- Defense Tech (A Poll)
Sega Bombs, Magnet Mines: Terror Tech from WikiLeaks’ Gitmo Files -- The Danger Room
U.S.-Russia Defense Technology Pact in the Works -- Global Security Newswire
DoD Axes Joint Strike Fighter's Alt Engine -- Defense News
U.S. military orders more bomb-disposal robots -- UPI
Air Force officials announce helicopter acquisition strategy -- U.S. Air Force
SUAS: Where Operator Size Doesn't Matter -- Ares/Aviation Week
U.S. Network Would Link Defense Functions, People -- U.S. Department of Defense
Azerbaijan: US Military Ties with Baku are Stagnating - Experts -- Eurasianet
A Cyber Arms Race? -- Defense Tech (A Poll)
Sega Bombs, Magnet Mines: Terror Tech from WikiLeaks’ Gitmo Files -- The Danger Room
U.S.-Russia Defense Technology Pact in the Works -- Global Security Newswire
DoD Axes Joint Strike Fighter's Alt Engine -- Defense News
U.S. military orders more bomb-disposal robots -- UPI
Air Force officials announce helicopter acquisition strategy -- U.S. Air Force
SUAS: Where Operator Size Doesn't Matter -- Ares/Aviation Week
U.S. Network Would Link Defense Functions, People -- U.S. Department of Defense
After Gates: Asymmetric Threats -- Defense News
More defense cuts possible as Congress confronts debt limit -- Federal Times
U.S. Military Sees High Recruiting, Retention -- U.S. Department of Defense
At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus -- PBS Newshour
Do drones make war too easy? -- DoD Buzz
Seeds of Obama's coming defense disaster -- James Jay Carafano, The Examiner (commentary)
A Cyber Arms Race? -- Defense Tech (A Poll)
Sega Bombs, Magnet Mines: Terror Tech from WikiLeaks’ Gitmo Files -- The Danger Room
U.S.-Russia Defense Technology Pact in the Works -- Global Security Newswire
DoD Axes Joint Strike Fighter's Alt Engine -- Defense News
U.S. military orders more bomb-disposal robots -- UPI
Air Force officials announce helicopter acquisition strategy -- U.S. Air Force
SUAS: Where Operator Size Doesn't Matter -- Ares/Aviation Week
U.S. Network Would Link Defense Functions, People -- U.S. Department of Defense
After Gates: Asymmetric Threats -- Defense News
More defense cuts possible as Congress confronts debt limit -- Federal Times
U.S. Military Sees High Recruiting, Retention -- U.S. Department of Defense
At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus -- PBS Newshour
Do drones make war too easy? -- DoD Buzz
Seeds of Obama's coming defense disaster -- James Jay Carafano, The Examiner (commentary)