An attendee looks at an Asus Eee Slate EP121 tabelet at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show. (Getty Images)The Pentagon's Cyberstrategy, One Year Later -- CNN
For almost all of human history, man has waged war on land and at sea. Air and space emerged as potential battlefields only in the past few generations. Now, the danger of cyberwarfare rivals that of traditional war. The advent of more destructive technologies - and of their inevitable proliferation among actors willing to use them - means that the United States must strengthen its critical national networks against ever worse threats.
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS
Piracy costs world shipping industry $9B a year -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Russia Not Decommissioning Ballistic Missile Subs: Official -- Global Security Newswire
Russian, Indian defense ministers to discuss cooperation -- RIA Novosti
Iran looks to sea as route to project power -- CBS/AP
Iraq likely to order another 18 F-16s -- UPI
US-Taiwan fighter jet deal remains grounded -- Al Jazeera
India is upgrading air bases to counter attacks: IAF chief -- Deccan Herald
IAF to induct 214 fifth generation fighter jets -- IBNLive
Planned U.K. Uranium Plant Defies Defense Cutbacks -- Global Security Newswire
Turkey establishes the National Cyber Security Coordination Foundation. -- Defense Tech
Panetta visiting Egypt amid spy suspense -- Yahoo News/AP
Secret Mission of Air Force's X-37B Robot Space Plane May Go Into Overtime -- Space.com
Navy eyes extended SSN deployments -- DoD Buzz
F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp -- Navy.mil
The US Navy's Combat Ineffective Mine Warfare Force -- Information Dissemination
West Point science building getting $105M makeover -- Wall Street Journal
WH proclaims ‘cyber-security awareness month’ -- DoD Buzz
CIA contractor faces felony assault count in Colorado -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Republican hawks use sharp rhetoric to fight deeper Pentagon budget cuts -- The Hill
Army, Weapons Programs Could Be Casualties of Cuts: Lynn -- Defense News
Pentagon: Budget pinch to exclude some priorities -- AP
Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts -- CNN
DoD Leaders Mull Retirement Sleight of Hand -- Aol Defense
Dempsey Settles in as Chairman Behind MacArthur’s Desk -- US Department of Defense
Iraq likely to order another 18 F-16s -- UPI
US-Taiwan fighter jet deal remains grounded -- Al Jazeera
India is upgrading air bases to counter attacks: IAF chief -- Deccan Herald
IAF to induct 214 fifth generation fighter jets -- IBNLive
Planned U.K. Uranium Plant Defies Defense Cutbacks -- Global Security Newswire
Turkey establishes the National Cyber Security Coordination Foundation. -- Defense Tech
Panetta visiting Egypt amid spy suspense -- Yahoo News/AP
Secret Mission of Air Force's X-37B Robot Space Plane May Go Into Overtime -- Space.com
Navy eyes extended SSN deployments -- DoD Buzz
F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp -- Navy.mil
The US Navy's Combat Ineffective Mine Warfare Force -- Information Dissemination
West Point science building getting $105M makeover -- Wall Street Journal
WH proclaims ‘cyber-security awareness month’ -- DoD Buzz
CIA contractor faces felony assault count in Colorado -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Republican hawks use sharp rhetoric to fight deeper Pentagon budget cuts -- The Hill
Army, Weapons Programs Could Be Casualties of Cuts: Lynn -- Defense News
Pentagon: Budget pinch to exclude some priorities -- AP
Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts -- CNN
DoD Leaders Mull Retirement Sleight of Hand -- Aol Defense
Dempsey Settles in as Chairman Behind MacArthur’s Desk -- US Department of Defense
Navy eyes extended SSN deployments -- DoD Buzz
F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp -- Navy.mil
The US Navy's Combat Ineffective Mine Warfare Force -- Information Dissemination
West Point science building getting $105M makeover -- Wall Street Journal
WH proclaims ‘cyber-security awareness month’ -- DoD Buzz
CIA contractor faces felony assault count in Colorado -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Republican hawks use sharp rhetoric to fight deeper Pentagon budget cuts -- The Hill
Army, Weapons Programs Could Be Casualties of Cuts: Lynn -- Defense News
Pentagon: Budget pinch to exclude some priorities -- AP
Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts -- CNN
DoD Leaders Mull Retirement Sleight of Hand -- Aol Defense
Dempsey Settles in as Chairman Behind MacArthur’s Desk -- US Department of Defense
Economy to Be a Challenge for New Military Chief -- New York Times
For the Pentagon’s new chief, the battles will be political -- Paul Koring, Globe And Mail
‘Keeper of the flame’: Rep. Buck McKeon leads the fight to preserve American might -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times
The Return of the Zumwalt Guided-Missile Destroyers -- Mackenzie Eaglen and Lajos F. Szaszdi, Heritage Foundation
Obama’s Favorite Think Tank: Cut The Army, Forget Counterinsurgency -- Danger Room
F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp -- Navy.mil
The US Navy's Combat Ineffective Mine Warfare Force -- Information Dissemination
West Point science building getting $105M makeover -- Wall Street Journal
WH proclaims ‘cyber-security awareness month’ -- DoD Buzz
CIA contractor faces felony assault count in Colorado -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Republican hawks use sharp rhetoric to fight deeper Pentagon budget cuts -- The Hill
Army, Weapons Programs Could Be Casualties of Cuts: Lynn -- Defense News
Pentagon: Budget pinch to exclude some priorities -- AP
Decrying partisanship, Panetta says U.S. military 'cannot tolerate' sweeping cuts -- CNN
DoD Leaders Mull Retirement Sleight of Hand -- Aol Defense
Dempsey Settles in as Chairman Behind MacArthur’s Desk -- US Department of Defense
Economy to Be a Challenge for New Military Chief -- New York Times
For the Pentagon’s new chief, the battles will be political -- Paul Koring, Globe And Mail
‘Keeper of the flame’: Rep. Buck McKeon leads the fight to preserve American might -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times
The Return of the Zumwalt Guided-Missile Destroyers -- Mackenzie Eaglen and Lajos F. Szaszdi, Heritage Foundation
Obama’s Favorite Think Tank: Cut The Army, Forget Counterinsurgency -- Danger Room