Af/Pak & Other News (6/29/2012)

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Kabul making progress on reforms: IMF:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jqN7y60bhCAjvv0geMSRncEI986A?docId=CNG.b8151189adb38494022689378b93cf85.391



Militants Storm Eastern Afghan District, Killing 10:

http://www.voanews.com/content/militants-storm-eastern-afghan-district-killing-10/1351863.html



Pay Afghanistan And Strike Pakistan, Experts Tell House:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/06/29/pay-afghanistan-and-strike-pakistan-experts-tell-house/



Next-Gen Terror Watchers Go Deep Into Al-Qaida, Tweet a Lot:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/next-gen-counterterrorism/



The War Unseen:

http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2012/06/29/the-war-unseen/



India Completes Light Combat Aircraft Weapon Trials:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_06_29_2012_p04-01-472407.xml




Uzbekistan pulls out of 'Russia's NATO':

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Uzbekistan_pulls_out_of_Russias_NATO_999.html




Mac-based Trojan targets Uyghur activists:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/29/mac_trojan_targets_uyghur_activists/



Kuwait – AGM-114R3 HELLFIRE Missiles:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136420/kuwait-to-buy-hellfire-missiles%2C-helmet-sights.html



Vietnamese immigrant charged with helping al-Qaida in Yemen:

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/29/12482940-vietnamese-immigrant-charged-with-helping-al-qaida-in-yemen?lite



Qatar – MH-60R and MH-60S Multi-Mission Helicopters:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/136425/qatar-to-buy-22-sikorsky-seahawks-in-%242.5-bn-deal.html



U.S. intelligence says Turkish F-4 was inside Syrian airspace when
shot down:

http://alert5.com/2012/06/30/u-s-intelligence-says-turkish-f-4-was-inside-syrian-airspace-when-shot-down/



Assad forces bombard northern towns as 170 tanks mass near major city,
Syrian rebels say:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/29/12479205-assad-forces-bombard-northern-towns-as-170-tanks-mass-near-major-city-syrian-rebels-say?lite



Jamming Grenades, Micro-Missiles: Israel’s Latest War Tech, Uncovered:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/israeli-tech/



Serbia plans a guided artillery rocket:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065969114&channel=defence



Russia Grounds SU-27 Fleet After Thursday Crash:

http://defensetech.org/2012/06/29/russia-grounds-su-27-fleet-after-thursday-crash/



Sweden Could Lend Switzerland Gripens:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120629/DEFREG01/306290003/Sweden-Could-Lend-Switzerland-Gripens?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



UK commits funds to buy its first production JSF:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065969116&channel=defence




Russia continues ICBM upgrades:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065969067&channel=defence&subChannel=land



A400M Grizzly Becomes Atlas:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:0bca4d7d-a8a0-4cb5-b5b8-108ec633f53d




New class of Russian destroyers may have BMD role, says USC:

http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065969062&channel=defence&subChannel=naval



Black market for body parts spreads among Europe's poor:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48008837/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/#.T-4-ssX7HIU



RAF Bomber Command memorial poppy drop seen from the air:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/raf-bomber-command/9364148/RAF-Bomber-Command-memorial-poppy-drop-seen-from-the-air.html



Mexico’s Next President Won’t Slow The Drug War:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/penanieto/



S. Korea, Japan Postpone Landmark Military Pact:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120629/DEFREG03/306290004/S-Korea-Japan-Postpone-Landmark-Military-Pact?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



China: Plane hijacking foiled in west, 6 detained:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/29/plane-hijack-foiled-in-west-china-xinjiang/



China Caught the U.S. in Manufacturing, High-Tech Weapons Might Be
Next:

http://defensetech.org/2012/06/29/china-caught-the-u-s-in-education-and-manufacturing-high-tech-weapons-are-next/



U.S. Navy MH-53 crashed and burned in South Korea:

http://alert5.com/2012/06/30/u-s-navy-mh-53-crashed-and-burned-in-south-korea/



Army Expanding, Upgrading Gray Eagle Fleet:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/136417/us-army-details-gray-eagle-uav-upgrades%2C-plans.html



Darpa Revisits Air Launch With Focus On Cost:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_06_25_2012_p33-469762.xml



Failure to Launch: Darpa’s Drone Contest Ends Unconquered:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/06/darpa-uavforge/