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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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