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U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Attack Company, 1st Regiment, 503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team set up a tactical satellite communication system in Shekhabad Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010. Photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest

Soldiers Say Army’s Battlefield Intelligence Network Is A Life-Threatening Disaster -- Washington Times

An internal memo from the U.S. command in Afghanistan says soldiers are voicing strong complaints about the Army’s battlefield intelligence network, for which Congress just slashed spending by 60 percent.

The $28 billion Distributed Common Ground System is too slow and unstable and hurts operations in some cases, say intelligence officers who rely on the computer network to collect and quickly dispense data on hard-to-find insurgents and the homemade bombs they plant.

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Leadership: How Officers Ruined The Russian Military -- Strategy Page

Russian Rear Admiral Kills Himself Over Painkiller Red Tape -- RIA Novosti

Russia to Begin Building 9 Submarines by Next Year -- RIA Novosti

Russia Delays Tests of UAE-Made Drone -- RIA Novosti

No immediate signs of DPRK's nuclear test: S. Korean defense minister -- Xinhuanet

North Korean Missile Launch Tower Nearly Complete, Satellites Show -- Defense One

Surface Forces: China Builds A New Old Navy -- Strategy Page

Commander: Iran’s Air Defense System Coverring Country through 3,600 Points -- FARS News Agency (Iran)

Artillery: Saudi Ballistic Missiles Secretly Upgraded -- Strategy Page

Italian Lawmakers Consider New Cuts to JSF Purchase -- Defense News

Afghan soldiers worry about possible US pullout -- Washington Post/Stars and Stripes

New No. 2 US commander takes reins in Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP

White House Pushes Budget Hike -- Defense News

At Pentagon, pre-emptive budget strikes -- The Hill

Two Drone Giants Team Up to Change the Future of Surveillance -- Daily Finance/Motley Fool

Contractor Behind on USAF Satellite Navigation -- Defense News

Snowden used simple technology to mine NSA computer networks -- The Guardian

Use of NSA metadata to find drone targets kills civilians – Greenwald -- RT

Group Claims Amphibious Shipbuilding Industry in Danger -- DoD Buzz

Marine Missions at Risk Without More LPDs -- Loren Thompson, Defense News

Solar Producer Joins Army’s Green Energy Push -- DoD Buzz

Documents reveal chaotic military sex-abuse record -- Washington Post/AP

2 Years In, DoD Still Explaining Asia 'Pivot' -- Defense News

Disruptive Defense: 3D Printing, Unmanned Systems and Bitcoin -- Stephen Rodriguez, War On The Rocks

Meet Cody Wilson, creator of the 3D-gun, anarchist, libertarian -- The Guardian

India’s Rising Regional Military Engagement -- Nitin Gokhale, The Diplomat

Let NATO Keep the Peace in Palestine -- John Deni, Defense One

What Key NSA Overseers Don't Know About the Phone Dragnet -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic

How a CIA Whistleblower Survives Behind Bars -- Kelley B. Vlahos, Antiwar.com

Portrait of an Army Family -- Alex Quade, New York Times
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