28/02/2011
Obama Defense Secretary Warns Against U.S. Armies In Asia, Middle East, Africa — USA Today The White House is not taking the military option off the table with regard to Libya, but it sure sounds like Defense Secretary Robert Gates is, at least in terms of land forces. “In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should ‘have his head examined,’ as General MacArthur so delicately put it,” Gates told an audience of West Point cadets last week. Read more …. MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS No nuclear limit: China — The Age Russia could ‘lose $4 bn’ in Libya arms deals — Space War Russia Vows to Sell Missiles to Syria — Defense News Libya arms embargo halts boom for defence contractors — Defence Talk S. Korea, U.S. Start War Games Amid Threat From North — Defense News U.S. Budget Hearings: The Week Ahead — DoD Buzz Construction Begins on Navy’s Newest Aircraft Carrier — U.S. Navy Joint Strike Fighter acing tests, pilots report — U.S. Air Force U.S. trims its nuclear arsenal while upgrading production — Kansas City Pentagon to Bolster Commandos’ Counter-WMD Focus — Global Security Newswire New website promotes military info sharing — TMCNet Military prepares mental health help for Marines and sailors returning from Afghanistan — L.A. Times ‘Illegal Psyop’ Neither Illegal Nor Psyop, General’s Lawyer Ruled — The Danger Room Cheetah military robot can outrun human beings — TG Daily Morale: The Battle For Beer Money — Strategy Page Synthetic marijuana widely used at Naval Academy, some midshipmen say — Washington Post Frank Buckles, Last US WWI Vet, Dies at 110 — Military.com