Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 23, 2014



U.S. Discloses Intelligence On Downing Of Malaysian Jet -- Washington Post

The Obama administration, detailing what it called evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysian airliner, on Tuesday released satellite images and other sensitive intelligence that officials say show Moscow had trained and equipped rebels in Ukraine responsible for the attack.

Senior U.S. intelligence officials cited sensors that traced the path of the missile, shrapnel markings on the downed aircraft, voiceprint analysis of separatists claiming credit for the strike, and a flood of photos and other data from social-media sites.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 23, 2014

Flight MH17 shot down ‘by mistake', US intelligence indicates -- France 24

US: No evidence of direct Russian link to plane -- AP

US intelligence: No direct link to Russia in Malaysia plane downing -- RT

MH17: US intelligence says Russia 'created conditions' for plane disaster -- The Guardian

Russia continues to back rebels, U.S. officials say -- USA Today

Hollande Threat to Cancel Russia Mistral Warship May Be Empty -- Bloomberg Businessweek

The Immigrant Soldiers Dying for Israel in Gaza -- Ilene Prusher, Time

Iran to Launch New Home-Made Destroyer Soon -- FARS News Agency

North Korea’s Asymmetric Submarine Doctrine -- Koh Swee Lean Collin, The Diplomat

China's secretive military cracks open door for glimpse inside -- Reuters

Think Your Flight Delays Are Bad? Try China, Where the Military Hogs Most of the Skies -- Hannah Beech, Time

S. Korea, China Military Hotline to Move Forward -- VOA

Enemy within: Indian army struggles to check suicides -- Stars and Stripes/Hindustan Times

Japan Inc. Now Exporting Weapons -- Wall Street Journal

2 more Aegis destroyers set for FY20 -- Japan News/The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan, South Korea, U.S. begin search and rescue exercise -- Japan Times

Japan to Join U.S.-India Military Exercises -- Wall Street Journal

Kyrgyzstan Complains That U.S. Decreasing Military Contacts -- Eurasianet.org

Australia taking delivery of first F-35, plans to buy 72 -- Stars and Stripes

HMS Illustrious comes home to Portsmouth for the last time -- Portsmouth news

Keeping Spies Out: German Ratchets Up Counterintelligence Measures -- Spiegel Online

Typewriter sales boom in Germany as thousands go back to basics in bid to avoid U.S. spies in wake of NSA allegations -- Daily Mail

Dark Mail: Email that hides from the NSA -- WFMZ/CNN

NSA targets college students to fill cyber professionals shortage -- USA Today

The Challenge Of Keeping Tabs On The NSA's Secretive Work -- David Welna, NPR

U.S. Military Is Scrutinized Over Trash Burning in Afghanistan -- New York Times

Air Force launching satellites to spy on other satellites -- Stars and Stripes

U.S. Navy's oldest deployable warship nears retirement -- Navy Times

Climate change hits all Pentagon operations, official says -- The Hill

Military suicides declined slightly in 2013, Pentagon says -- Army Times

McDonald must clean house at VA, experts say -- Stars and Stripes

‘Generation Kill’ NCO charged with sexual abuse of minor -- Stars and Stripes

Lawyer: No Proof That Slain Sniper Defamed Ventura -- AP

Medal of Honor Recipient Joins Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes -- US Department of Defense

1 comment:

D.Plowman said...

Hypocrisy is strong with this one...

How many Syrian 'rebels' now fighting in godsknowwhere have training and weapons supplied by the US? What about the innocents that they may be slaughtering?

One rule for the West, another for everyone else, as usual.