Af/Pak & Other News (9/28/2012)

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NATO joint patrols with Afghans back to 'normal': US:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/NATO_joint_patrols_with_Afghans_back_to_normal_US_999.html



Whatever Pentagon Says, U.S. Patrols With Afghans Aren’t ‘Normal’ Yet:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/patrols-normal-afghanistan/



Giraffe Radars Protecting Troops In Afghanistan:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/138843/aussies-deploy-two-c_ram-radars-in-afghanistan.html



Accessorize Or Die:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20120928.aspx




Marines dive for cover in Afghanistan firefight:

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/49186925/




'Last Gasp' of the Taliban?:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2012/09/last_gasp_of_the_taliban.php



Peshawar blast kills top Pakistan bomb disposal officer:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19756882




Smart Rocks Invade Iran:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htintel/articles/20120928.aspx




Iranian: 'Our money is becoming more and more worthless every day':

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/28/14137979-iranian-our-money-is-becoming-more-and-more-worthless-every-day?lite




US Navy Tests Mine-Seeking Sub During Gulf Drills:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=161886625




Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-iraq-securitybre88r0m2-20120928,0,4525428.story



Syria: Hezbollah move means Iran's worried:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Syria_Hezbollah_move_means_Irans_worried_999.html



Fighting intensifies in Syria's largest city:

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Fighting-intensifies-in-Syria-s-largest-city-3901167.php



Syria has moved some chemical weapons: US:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2gjhb9IODBoC5PRMe6cObl_muqg?docId=CNG.769e34f82b9f0da5582576802e07d10b.a11



Kenya troops fight on beaches in assault on Somali rebel city:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27839:kenya-troops-fight-on-beaches-in-assault-on-somali-rebel-city&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105




UK report slams Nimrod cancellation:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/09/uk-report-slams-nimrod-cancell.html




Korea Decision on Attack Helicopters Nearing:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120928/DEFREG03/309280001/Korea-Decision-Attack-Helicopters-Nearing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



China Flies US-Designed VTOL UAV:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:4723a267-9116-4a53-816c-658d33a16eab



Chinese Smuggler Tried to Sneak Carbon Fiber for Fighter Jets, Feds
Claim:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/09/carbon-fiber/



Marine Humvees get a second life:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/09/27/marine-humvees-get-a-second-life/



U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $395 Million to Begin Engineering
Development for Abrams Modernization:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/138853/gd-details-%24395m-abrams-tank-upgrade.html



The next wave in US robotic war: drones on their own:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_next_wave_in_US_robotic_war_drones_on_their_own_999.html



U.S. Navy Defends Boomer Submarine Replacement Plans:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_09_28_2012_p03-02-500884.xml



ATK Awarded Full-Rate Production Contract for Advanced Anti-Radiation
Guided Missile (AARGM):

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/27/4859769/atk-awarded-full-rate-production.html