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Pentagon Weapons Buyer: Tight Budget Will Force Hard Choices -- Voice of America/Reuters

SINGAPORE — Tighter budgets risk hurting the combat readiness of some U.S. military units and will force tough decisions about research and procurement, but key weapons such as the F-35 fighter jet remain a priority, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday.

Frank Kendall, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, said deep cuts across the government due to budget “sequestration” were happening faster than the Pentagon could adjust troop levels and weapons programs.

“We do not find the sequestration levels to be what we need to defend the country and implement our strategy,” Kendall told reporters at the Singapore Airshow.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Before budget rollout, Pentagon official says military must shrink -- Reuters

Singapore Airshow: Middle East Fears And Pentagon Cut Backs Prompt Large U.S. Defense Presence At Arms Event -- IBTimes

Syria, al Qaeda: U.S. officials offer grim assessment -- CNN

China Expands ‘Flanker’ Family -- AIN Online

Soldiers of the one-child era: are they too weak to fulfill Beijing's military ambitions? -- South China Morning Post

High-speed rail has 'immense strategic military value': China -- Business Standard/Press Trust India

For first time, Chinese troops take part in Asia-US military exercises -- Asia News

Russia Arms Air Regiment in Far East With Su-35S Fighter Jets -- RIA Novosti

Russia Begins Construction of Mistral Ship Base -- RIA Novosti

Russian scientists develop stealth technology for submarines -- Pravda

Kazakh Defense Official Arrested for Bribery -- RIA Novosti

Israel Unveils "Super Heron" MALE Drone -- CRI English

Thunder Resonates as Modernization Inches Forward in Pakistan -- Defense News

EU spending over $400m on secret drone project – Civil rights group -- RT

The Patrol: a British look at modern warfare -- The Telegraph

UK to spend £2.5bn on F-35 fighters -- BBC

Video: First Footage Surfaces Of New Iranian Submarine -- Popular Sciience

Pentagon 'not concerned' by Iranian naval plans in Atlantic -- Haaretz/Reuters

Top SEAL Says Afghan Training Mission Going Well -- Military.com

Official: US will step up training for Iraq forces -- The Hill

Seeking nuclear cures, Air Force retraces old path -- AP

Navy Places Priority on Advancing Electronic Warfare -- Defense Tech

US Navy adds 4th submarine to Guam-based fleet -- AP

Navy’s Aegis Missile Defense Is Ready for Prime Time -- Scott C. Truver, Defense One

Pentagon No. 2 takes shot at littoral ships? -- UT San Diego

New US Military Space Plane Aims for 2017 Liftoff -- Space.com

CIA’s Drones, Barely Secret, Receive Rare Public Nod -- Wall Street Journal

Americans find swift stonewall on whether NSA vacuumed their data -- Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Washington Bureau

Rep. Peter King: Outside security worries at NSA left inside vulnerable -- Washington Times

US military begins work on brain implants that can restore lost memories, experiences -- Extreme Tech

White Sands closed for 5th day as drone crash debris cleanup continues -- Stars and Stripes/Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun-News

The Army Built a Fake City in Virginia to Train Its Troops -- Gizmodo

Soldiers must move up or out faster, Army says -- Stars and Stripes/The (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Gazette

Army identifies more than 500 senior NCOs for separation under QSP -- Stars and Stripes

CIA can do what it can do, can't do what it can't do, can't say what it can't do, it says -- al.com

DARPA Wants to Help You Search the Web Better -- Defense One/NextGov

How the Navy avoids norovirus -- CNN

French president's willingness to use force as US ally defies doubters -- Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg
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