Af/Pak & Other News (3/12/2012)

[dump...@hotmail.com]

Afghanistan suspect's base has history of controversies:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46701066/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/



Afghan youth recounts US soldier's rampage:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7ts3x3CgbJehvY7FwHoAY7ty9dQ?docId=c38c1e2b46b1472d8c6c8aa89cb1324b



Badar’s death a major setback to al-Qaeda:

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-97217-Badars-death-a-major-setback-to-al-Qaeda



Army Seeks Brownout Fixes For Helo Pilots; Afghan Tests Loom:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/03/09/army-seeks-brownout-fixes-for-helo-pilots-afghan-tests-loom/?icid=trending2



New massacre in Homs as slain journalist Marie Colvin laid to rest:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/12/10651007-new-massacre-in-homs-as-slain-journalist-marie-colvin-laid-to-rest



Syria accuses Saudi, Qatar of backing 'terrorists':

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igT6A6ZnoToO-FrSaIYCW_f4GhPA?docId=CNG.3e2a6b317923f10174ad9bb42adbacc4.301



Israel Unveils New Bunker Buster:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120311/DEFREG04/303110001/Israel-Unveils-New-Bunker-Buster?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Italian Air Force’s HH-139A Enters Operational Service:

http://www.defencetalk.com/italian-air-forces-hh-139a-enters-operational-service-40850/



J-STARS to watch over Korean DMZ during Nuclear Security Summit:

http://alert5.com/2012/03/12/j-stars-to-watch-over-korean-dmz-during-nuclear-security-summit/



China Carrier Set For Operational Duty Soon:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a63090bda-4eac-4245-8d1b-60d2abc94c96&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest



Chinese hackers stole F-35 data from BAE Systems:

http://alert5.com/2012/03/12/chinese-hackers-stole-f-35-data-from-bae-systems/



Philippines: Military rethinks F-16 acquisition:

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/nation/24362-military-rethinks-f-16-acquisition



T-38 replacement faces six-year schedule gap:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/in-focus-t-38-replacement-faces-six-year-schedule-gap-369094/



F-22s Still Gasping For Breath:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20120312.aspx



ANALYSIS: F-35 LRIP 5 Contracts: Unit Cost Tops $200M for First Time:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/feature/133433/f_35-unit-cost-tops-%24200m.html



NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting:

http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2012/nrl-designs-robot-for-shipboard-firefighting



Automating Terrorism:

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2012/03/automating-terrorism-the-decline-of-the-suicide-bomber.html

[SolomonW]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:22:41 -0700 (PDT), dump...@hotmail.com wrote:

> Automating Terrorism:
>
> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2012/03/automating-terrorism-the-decline-of-the-suicide-bomber.html

This is hardly new stuff. One should also say that anti terrorism is also
being automated