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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