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2015-08-13 18:21:40 UTC
Afghan delegation arrives in Pakistan to discuss peace after talks with Taliban
suspended:
http://www.newser.com/article/0f1a2ac5bfe5412c8d378616bb038eb1/afghan-delegation-arrives-in-pakistan-to-discuss-peace-after-talks-with-taliban-suspended.html
After Suspicious Silence, Al Qaeda Leader Said to Reemerge in Audio Tape:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/suspicious-silence-al-qaeda-leader-reemerge-audio-tape/story?id=33058453
Afghanistan's $335 Million Power Plant Is a Waste of Space; America built a
power plant Kabul barely uses:
http://warisboring.com/articles/afghanistans-335-million-power-plant-is-a-waste-of-space/
Afghanistan to convert unarmed MD 530F helos into gunships:
http://www.janes.com/article/53620/afghanistan-to-convert-unarmed-md-530f-helos-into-gunships
75th Ranger Regiment Soldiers Go Covert in Pakistan:
http://sofrep.com/37934/75th-ranger-regiment-soldiers-go-covert-pakistan/
Iranian UAV <<Shahed 129 >> crashed in Pakistan:
http://defence-blog.com/?p=7343
Iran's Sadegh UCAV Armed with Air-to-Air Missiles:
http://www.uasvision.com/2014/10/02/irans-sadegh-ucav-armed-with-air-to-air-missiles/
Islamic State truck bombing at Baghdad market kills 67:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-13-08-54-46
ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-enshrines-a-theology-of-rape/ar-BBlHDWR
IS Group Accused Of Using Chemical Weapons On Iraqi Kurds:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISLAMIC_STATE_KURDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-13-09-26-44
Turkey's Bombing Campaign Echoes the 1990s:
http://warisboring.com/articles/turkish-bombing-campaign-1990s/
Senior US military official: Turkey 'needed a hook' and tricked us on ISIS:
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-and-turkey-anti-isis-campaign-and-pkk-2015-8
After setbacks, U.S. aims to recalibrate new Syrian force:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/after-setbacks-us-aims-to-recalibrate-new-syrian-force/ar-BBlHa9f
Isis 'hacking division' releases details of 1,400 Americans and urges attacks:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-hacking-division-releases-details-of-1400-americans-and-urges-attacks/ar-BBlHfrp
U.S. said it will create a buffer zone on Syrian border. But nobody knows how.:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-said-it-will-create-a-safe-zone-on-syrian-border-but-nobody-knows-how/2015/08/12/4c7d0baa-37e4-11e5-ab7b-6416d97c73c2_story.html
Task Force Orange Targets Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks:
http://sofrep.com/42604/task-force-orange-targets-syrian-foreign-fighter-networks/
Hamas has dug 'several tunnels' into Israel, in new Iran-funded war drive:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-has-dug-several-tunnels-into-israel-in-new-iran-funded-war-drive/
Israel Prevents Cyber Breach Into Its Defense Ministry Files:
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13731/Israel_Prevents_Cyber_Breach_Into_Its_Defense_Ministry_Files
ISIL Demands To Be Heard:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/israel/articles/20150813.aspx
IDF may look to indoor drone system to explore Gaza tunnels:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-may-look-to-indoor-drone-system-to-explore-gaza-tunnels/
Egypt, other countries interested in French Mistral warships:
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40233:egypt-other-countries-interested-in-french-mistral-warships&catid=113:international-news&Itemid=248
ISIS is ramping up its state-building project in its Libyan 'capital':
http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-is-ramping-up-its-state-building-project-in-its-libyan-capital-2015-8
The Pirates Adapt To Failure And New Opportunities:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htseamo/articles/20150813.aspx
Ukraine battles pro-Russian rebels for access to key port:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ukraine_battles_pro-Russian_rebels_for_access_to_key_port_999.html
'Senior officers gathered us in a conference room': Russian Army major
describes being sent to Ukraine:
http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-army-major-explains-how-he-was-sent-to-ukraine-to-fight-with-separatists-2015-8
Britain broadening training for Ukrainian soldiers:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2015/08/12/Britain-broadening-training-for-Ukrainian-soldiers/6051439408321/?spt=sec&or=bn
American Paratroopers in Ukraine Have Putin Rattled:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/13/american-paratroopers-in-ukraine-have-putin-rattled.html#
Propaganda Watch: Listen to Two Russians Badly Impersonate CIA Spies to Pin
MH17 on U.S.:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/12/propaganda-watch-listen-to-two-russians-badly-impersonate-cia-spies-to-pin-mh17-on-u-s/
Development Work Begins On New Buk Missile:
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13716/Development_Work_Begins_On_New_Buk_Missile
Ukraine Debt: Putin's Trump Card:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/12/american-pensioners-are-inadvertently-doing-putin-s-dirty-work.html#
Russia Wants Its Secrets Back:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20150813.aspx
Russian Air Force to Receive First Modernized Tu-160 Bomber in 2021:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150812/1025657757.html
Russian ship designers push ahead with a nuclear aircraft carrier design and a
smaller non-nuclear aircraft carrier:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/russian-ship-designers-push-ahead-with.html
What's Putin Doing in the Arctic? Trying To Keep Russians Distracted:
http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/08/whats-putin-doing-arctic-trying-keep-russians-distracted/119062/?oref=d-river
Chechen Women Scam ISIL:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20150813.aspx
U.S. allocates $500,000 for Baltic journalism programs to combat Russian
propaganda:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/08/12/US-allocates-500000-for-Baltic-journalism-programs-to-combat-Russian-propaganda/7581439391198/?spt=sec&or=tn
AW109LUH (Light Utility Helicopter), Italy:
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/aw109luh-light-utility-helicopter/
Royal Navy's £10billion submarine project at risk due to delays and
overspending:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-navys-10billion-submarine-project-6242789
Europe plays catch-up with US in drone technology:
http://www.combataircraft.com/en/News/2015/08/13/Europe-plays-catch-up-with-US-in-drone-technology/
Terrifyingly Huge Explosion Rocks Tianjin, China:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/breaking-terrifyingly-huge-explosion-rocks-tianjin-ch-1723664841
China will upgrade supercomputer to 100 petaflops in 2016 instead of 2015 with
applications like genomics and scramjet combustion:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/china-will-upgrade-supercomputer-to-100.html
Taiwan's F-16s to carry Lockheed Sniper Pod:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/taiwan39s-f-16s-to-carry-lockheed-sniper-pod-415691/
Image analysis suggests North Korea boosting uranium stocks:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/image-analysis-suggests-north-korea-boosting-uranium-stocks/ar-BBlHPJz
Does Thailand Need Submarines At All?:
http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2015/08/does-thailand-need-submarines-at-all.html
5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy:
http://www.wearethemighty.com/general-officers-weirdness-2015-08
Drone smuggles heroin into U.S.:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/12/drone-smuggle-heroin-us-calexico-drug/
Cloak and Dagger Again:
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2015/08/12/cloak-and-dagger-again/
N.S.A. Used Phone Records Program to Seek Iran Operatives:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us/nsa-used-phone-records-program-to-seek-iran-operatives.html?_r=0
The US has been complacent and lazy in responding to cyberattacks:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-has-been-complacent-and-lazy-in-responding-to-cyberattacks-2015-8
DARPA targets next generation vacuum tubes that will create electronics that are harder to jam:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/darpa-targets-next-generation-vacuum.html
Video-The U.S. Army Tests New Artillery Rockets; The warheads will replace
cluster bombs:
http://warisboring.com/articles/video-the-u-s-army-tests-new-artillery-rockets/
The Army Enlists Lockheed To Build Another Laser:
http://www.popsci.com/army-enlists-lockheed-build-another-laser
The Pentagon's Half-Billion-Dollar Drone Boondoggle:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/12/pentagons-half-billion-dollar-drone-boondoggle/
America's Secret Airline Flies Non-Stop To Area 51:
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-only-airline-with-non-stop-service-to-area-1721003315
How the Air Force's new No. 2 officer survived getting shot down over Serbia:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/08/12/how-the-air-forces-new-no-2-officer-survived-getting-shot-down-over-serbia/
The U.S. Air Force Is Worried:
http://warisboring.com/articles/the-u-s-air-force-is-worried/
Rockwell Delivers First Gen 3 Helmet for F-35:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2015/08/12/rockwell-delivers-first-gen-3-helmet-f-35/31538101/
Air Power Abandoned: Dropping the F-22:
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/air-power-abandoned-dropping-the-f-22-in-2009/
Lockheed Martin Expands Cruise Missile Production Facility:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/august/mfc-lockheed-martin-081215-expands-cruise-missile-production-facility.html
So How Hard Is It to Shoot Down a Stealth Bomber? Not impossible, but it is
extremely complicated:
http://warisboring.com/articles/so-how-hard-is-it-to-shoot-down-a-stealth-bomber/
Navy Getting 'Smarter' About Tanking Mission As Super Hornets Approach 6,000
Hours:
http://news.usni.org/2015/08/12/navy-getting-smarter-about-tanking-mission-as-super-hornets-approach-6000-hours
Recent MDA SM-6 test demonstrates ship to shore tactical data link:
http://www.janes.com/article/53621/recent-mda-sm-6-test-demonstrates-ship-to-shore-tactical-data-link
Where is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? (Part Three):
http://cimsec.org/u-s-navy-going-put-part-three/16096
While the U.S. Air Force Tried to Kill the A-10, Officials Struggled to Keep
the Jets Airborne; Conflicting policies starved the Warthog of upgrades:
http://warisboring.com/articles/while-the-u-s-air-force-tried-to-kill-the-a-10-officials-struggled-to-keep-the-jets-airborne/
Swarms for Defense at Sea:
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2015/08/swarms-for-defense-at-sea.html
Super Hornet Service Life Extension to Commence as Early as 2017:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1919
US Navy considers reduced annual F-35C buy:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-considers-reduced-annual-f-35c-buy-415654/
US Navy Details Future Carrier Air Wing:
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2015/08/12/us-navy-details-future-carrier-air-wing/
suspended:
http://www.newser.com/article/0f1a2ac5bfe5412c8d378616bb038eb1/afghan-delegation-arrives-in-pakistan-to-discuss-peace-after-talks-with-taliban-suspended.html
After Suspicious Silence, Al Qaeda Leader Said to Reemerge in Audio Tape:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/suspicious-silence-al-qaeda-leader-reemerge-audio-tape/story?id=33058453
Afghanistan's $335 Million Power Plant Is a Waste of Space; America built a
power plant Kabul barely uses:
http://warisboring.com/articles/afghanistans-335-million-power-plant-is-a-waste-of-space/
Afghanistan to convert unarmed MD 530F helos into gunships:
http://www.janes.com/article/53620/afghanistan-to-convert-unarmed-md-530f-helos-into-gunships
75th Ranger Regiment Soldiers Go Covert in Pakistan:
http://sofrep.com/37934/75th-ranger-regiment-soldiers-go-covert-pakistan/
Iranian UAV <<Shahed 129 >> crashed in Pakistan:
http://defence-blog.com/?p=7343
Iran's Sadegh UCAV Armed with Air-to-Air Missiles:
http://www.uasvision.com/2014/10/02/irans-sadegh-ucav-armed-with-air-to-air-missiles/
Islamic State truck bombing at Baghdad market kills 67:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-13-08-54-46
ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-enshrines-a-theology-of-rape/ar-BBlHDWR
IS Group Accused Of Using Chemical Weapons On Iraqi Kurds:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISLAMIC_STATE_KURDS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-13-09-26-44
Turkey's Bombing Campaign Echoes the 1990s:
http://warisboring.com/articles/turkish-bombing-campaign-1990s/
Senior US military official: Turkey 'needed a hook' and tricked us on ISIS:
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-and-turkey-anti-isis-campaign-and-pkk-2015-8
After setbacks, U.S. aims to recalibrate new Syrian force:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/after-setbacks-us-aims-to-recalibrate-new-syrian-force/ar-BBlHa9f
Isis 'hacking division' releases details of 1,400 Americans and urges attacks:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/isis-hacking-division-releases-details-of-1400-americans-and-urges-attacks/ar-BBlHfrp
U.S. said it will create a buffer zone on Syrian border. But nobody knows how.:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-said-it-will-create-a-safe-zone-on-syrian-border-but-nobody-knows-how/2015/08/12/4c7d0baa-37e4-11e5-ab7b-6416d97c73c2_story.html
Task Force Orange Targets Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks:
http://sofrep.com/42604/task-force-orange-targets-syrian-foreign-fighter-networks/
Hamas has dug 'several tunnels' into Israel, in new Iran-funded war drive:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-has-dug-several-tunnels-into-israel-in-new-iran-funded-war-drive/
Israel Prevents Cyber Breach Into Its Defense Ministry Files:
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13731/Israel_Prevents_Cyber_Breach_Into_Its_Defense_Ministry_Files
ISIL Demands To Be Heard:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/israel/articles/20150813.aspx
IDF may look to indoor drone system to explore Gaza tunnels:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-may-look-to-indoor-drone-system-to-explore-gaza-tunnels/
Egypt, other countries interested in French Mistral warships:
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40233:egypt-other-countries-interested-in-french-mistral-warships&catid=113:international-news&Itemid=248
ISIS is ramping up its state-building project in its Libyan 'capital':
http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-is-ramping-up-its-state-building-project-in-its-libyan-capital-2015-8
The Pirates Adapt To Failure And New Opportunities:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htseamo/articles/20150813.aspx
Ukraine battles pro-Russian rebels for access to key port:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ukraine_battles_pro-Russian_rebels_for_access_to_key_port_999.html
'Senior officers gathered us in a conference room': Russian Army major
describes being sent to Ukraine:
http://www.businessinsider.com/russian-army-major-explains-how-he-was-sent-to-ukraine-to-fight-with-separatists-2015-8
Britain broadening training for Ukrainian soldiers:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2015/08/12/Britain-broadening-training-for-Ukrainian-soldiers/6051439408321/?spt=sec&or=bn
American Paratroopers in Ukraine Have Putin Rattled:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/13/american-paratroopers-in-ukraine-have-putin-rattled.html#
Propaganda Watch: Listen to Two Russians Badly Impersonate CIA Spies to Pin
MH17 on U.S.:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/12/propaganda-watch-listen-to-two-russians-badly-impersonate-cia-spies-to-pin-mh17-on-u-s/
Development Work Begins On New Buk Missile:
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13716/Development_Work_Begins_On_New_Buk_Missile
Ukraine Debt: Putin's Trump Card:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/12/american-pensioners-are-inadvertently-doing-putin-s-dirty-work.html#
Russia Wants Its Secrets Back:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20150813.aspx
Russian Air Force to Receive First Modernized Tu-160 Bomber in 2021:
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150812/1025657757.html
Russian ship designers push ahead with a nuclear aircraft carrier design and a
smaller non-nuclear aircraft carrier:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/russian-ship-designers-push-ahead-with.html
What's Putin Doing in the Arctic? Trying To Keep Russians Distracted:
http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/08/whats-putin-doing-arctic-trying-keep-russians-distracted/119062/?oref=d-river
Chechen Women Scam ISIL:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20150813.aspx
U.S. allocates $500,000 for Baltic journalism programs to combat Russian
propaganda:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/08/12/US-allocates-500000-for-Baltic-journalism-programs-to-combat-Russian-propaganda/7581439391198/?spt=sec&or=tn
AW109LUH (Light Utility Helicopter), Italy:
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/aw109luh-light-utility-helicopter/
Royal Navy's £10billion submarine project at risk due to delays and
overspending:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/royal-navys-10billion-submarine-project-6242789
Europe plays catch-up with US in drone technology:
http://www.combataircraft.com/en/News/2015/08/13/Europe-plays-catch-up-with-US-in-drone-technology/
Terrifyingly Huge Explosion Rocks Tianjin, China:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/breaking-terrifyingly-huge-explosion-rocks-tianjin-ch-1723664841
China will upgrade supercomputer to 100 petaflops in 2016 instead of 2015 with
applications like genomics and scramjet combustion:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/china-will-upgrade-supercomputer-to-100.html
Taiwan's F-16s to carry Lockheed Sniper Pod:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/taiwan39s-f-16s-to-carry-lockheed-sniper-pod-415691/
Image analysis suggests North Korea boosting uranium stocks:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/image-analysis-suggests-north-korea-boosting-uranium-stocks/ar-BBlHPJz
Does Thailand Need Submarines At All?:
http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2015/08/does-thailand-need-submarines-at-all.html
5 general officers who were almost certainly crazy:
http://www.wearethemighty.com/general-officers-weirdness-2015-08
Drone smuggles heroin into U.S.:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/12/drone-smuggle-heroin-us-calexico-drug/
Cloak and Dagger Again:
http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2015/08/12/cloak-and-dagger-again/
N.S.A. Used Phone Records Program to Seek Iran Operatives:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us/nsa-used-phone-records-program-to-seek-iran-operatives.html?_r=0
The US has been complacent and lazy in responding to cyberattacks:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-has-been-complacent-and-lazy-in-responding-to-cyberattacks-2015-8
DARPA targets next generation vacuum tubes that will create electronics that are harder to jam:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/08/darpa-targets-next-generation-vacuum.html
Video-The U.S. Army Tests New Artillery Rockets; The warheads will replace
cluster bombs:
http://warisboring.com/articles/video-the-u-s-army-tests-new-artillery-rockets/
The Army Enlists Lockheed To Build Another Laser:
http://www.popsci.com/army-enlists-lockheed-build-another-laser
The Pentagon's Half-Billion-Dollar Drone Boondoggle:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/12/pentagons-half-billion-dollar-drone-boondoggle/
America's Secret Airline Flies Non-Stop To Area 51:
http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-only-airline-with-non-stop-service-to-area-1721003315
How the Air Force's new No. 2 officer survived getting shot down over Serbia:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/08/12/how-the-air-forces-new-no-2-officer-survived-getting-shot-down-over-serbia/
The U.S. Air Force Is Worried:
http://warisboring.com/articles/the-u-s-air-force-is-worried/
Rockwell Delivers First Gen 3 Helmet for F-35:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/strike/2015/08/12/rockwell-delivers-first-gen-3-helmet-f-35/31538101/
Air Power Abandoned: Dropping the F-22:
http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/air-power-abandoned-dropping-the-f-22-in-2009/
Lockheed Martin Expands Cruise Missile Production Facility:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/august/mfc-lockheed-martin-081215-expands-cruise-missile-production-facility.html
So How Hard Is It to Shoot Down a Stealth Bomber? Not impossible, but it is
extremely complicated:
http://warisboring.com/articles/so-how-hard-is-it-to-shoot-down-a-stealth-bomber/
Navy Getting 'Smarter' About Tanking Mission As Super Hornets Approach 6,000
Hours:
http://news.usni.org/2015/08/12/navy-getting-smarter-about-tanking-mission-as-super-hornets-approach-6000-hours
Recent MDA SM-6 test demonstrates ship to shore tactical data link:
http://www.janes.com/article/53621/recent-mda-sm-6-test-demonstrates-ship-to-shore-tactical-data-link
Where is the U.S. Navy Going To Put Them All? (Part Three):
http://cimsec.org/u-s-navy-going-put-part-three/16096
While the U.S. Air Force Tried to Kill the A-10, Officials Struggled to Keep
the Jets Airborne; Conflicting policies starved the Warthog of upgrades:
http://warisboring.com/articles/while-the-u-s-air-force-tried-to-kill-the-a-10-officials-struggled-to-keep-the-jets-airborne/
Swarms for Defense at Sea:
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2015/08/swarms-for-defense-at-sea.html
Super Hornet Service Life Extension to Commence as Early as 2017:
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1919
US Navy considers reduced annual F-35C buy:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-considers-reduced-annual-f-35c-buy-415654/
US Navy Details Future Carrier Air Wing:
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2015/08/12/us-navy-details-future-carrier-air-wing/