Af/Pak & Other News (3/5/2012)

[dump...@hotmail.com]

Suicide attack on Afghan NATO base where Korans burned:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/05/us-afghanistan-blast-idUSTRE8240SA20120305



Pakistan Taliban ‘number two sacked’: spokesman:

http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/05/pakistan-taliban-number-two-sacked-spokesman.html



Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pakistan_test_fires_short-range_ballistic_missile_999.html




Hawker Beechcraft's AT-6 Guns For Embraer's Super Tucano: Rival Planes
Compared:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/03/01/hawker-beechcraft-at-6-texan-ii-guns-for-super-tucano-as-air-for/



India Bans 6 Arms Firms over Bribery Scandal: Official:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120305/DEFREG03/303050001/India-Bans-6-Arms-Firms-over-Bribery-Scandal-Official?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Dozens dead as gunmen shoot police at Iraq checkpoints:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/05/10579750-dozens-dead-as-gunmen-shoot-police-at-iraq-checkpoints



139 dead in Yemen fighting, 55 troops held captive:

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2012/03/05/officials_106_dead_in_yemen_fighting/



Syrian troops pursue crackdown, Annan to visit:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/05/uk-syria-idUKL5E8E305F20120305




Precision Rocket Artillery Changes the Battlefield:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/133245/marine-himars-rockets-replace-close-air-support.html




A Quiet Farewell For the M-2 Bradley:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20120305.aspx



Army, Industry Eye Big Plans For New Lakota Helicopter:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/03/02/army-industry-eye-big-plans-for-new-lakota-helicopter/



Army Helicopters Being Built in Huntsville:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/133246/us-army-builds-its-own-oh_58fs-in-huntsville.html



Number 1 on Army’s Shopping List: Wireless Broadband:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/army-data-network/




Two British journalists accused of spying in Libya:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24087:two-british-journalists-accused-of-spying-in-libya&catid=52:Human%20Security&Itemid=114



China must increase ability to win ‘local wars,’ PM says:

http://www.defencetalk.com/china-must-increase-ability-to-win-local-wars-pm-says-40736/



China’s defence budget to aid air force modernisation:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/chinas-defence-budget-to-aid-air-force-modernisation-369083/



Google Maps: Chinese DF-31 ICBMs spotted in central China:

http://alert5.com/2012/03/05/google-maps-chinese-df-31-icbms-spotted-in-central-china/



China Secretly Seeks The High Ground:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htspace/articles/20120305.aspx



Doubt Mounts Over Italian-Israeli Trainer Deal:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120305/DEFREG01/303050002/Doubt-Mounts-Over-Italian-Israeli-Trainer-Deal?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE




UK still in the carrier club - kind of:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/03/uk-still-in-the-carrier-club--.html



'Serious problems' with vote that kept Vladimir Putin in power,
monitors say:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/05/10580145-serious-problems-with-vote-that-kept-vladimir-putin-in-power-monitors-say



FGS Berlin destroys two pirate skiffs; disrupts attack:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24097:fgs-berlin-destroys-two-pirate-skiffs-disrupts-attack&catid=108:maritime-security&Itemid=233



Pentagon Slackens Difficult-To-Achieve JSF Performance Requirements:

http://insidedefense.com/201203012392003/Inside-Defense-General/Public-Articles/pentagon-waters-down-difficult-to-achieve-jsf-performance-requirements/menu-id-926.html



USAF C-130, F-16 Upgrades Get Near Term Focus:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/awst/2012/02/27/AW_02_27_2012_p31-428692.xml&headline=USAFC-130,F-16UpgradesGetNearTermFocus&channel=defense




Vortex radio waves could boost wireless capacity “infinitely”:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/120803-vortex-radio-waves-could-boost-wireless-capacity-infinitely



Hackers winning security war: executives:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/02/us-rsa-hacking-idUSTRE8211P720120302



The Democratization of Electronic Warfare:

http://defensetech.org/2012/03/05/the-democratization-of-electronic-warfare/



Vigilante jamming cell phone calls on city buses to help preserve
peace and quiet:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/vigilante-jamming-cell-phone-calls-city-buses-help-010615245.html;_ylt=AiLIgQfqTA1_H1Pekay3KpKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNqaDJpZjNoBGNjb2RlA2N0LmMEcGtnAzlhMjUyNGMzLTIxNDEtMzZhOS04ZGQ4LTEzMGVhMzZjYjhiOQRwb3MDNgRzZWMDbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHZlcgM5ZTgxYjQyMC02NDA1LTExZTEtYmY2Ny0yNThkZDIxOWM3NTI-;_ylg=X3oDMTFvdnRqYzJoBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3



‘The 1 Percent Criminals’: You’ll Never Guess Where Occupy Wall Street
Supporters Held a Recent Conference:

http://news.yahoo.com/1-percent-criminals-ll-never-guess-where-occupy-163610420.html

[bill]

On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:43:43 -0800, dumpster4 wrote:

> Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile:
>
> http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Pakistan_test_fires_short-
range_ballistic_missile_999.html
>
>

Good grief, the return of the tactical nuclear weapon...

These were seriously dodgy in legal terms when we faced the Red Menace in
the Cold War, these days they're the sign of a government in need of
medical help.

What does Pakistan want them for? Breaking up the expected mass attacks
of Indian armour as it thunders through the line of control in Kashmir?

Always remembering that Pakistan has an awful lot of modern tanks (over
2500) and India is still updating its elderly T-72 fleet and even when
the modernisation is complete they'll only have about 2000 because
they're only modernising about 1,000 of them...

--
"Hopefully the fair wind will resume, or this may well take all day."

Admiral Collingwood on being becalmed under the guns of six French ships-
of-the-line at Trafalgar

[Andrew Swallow]

On 05/03/2012 17:43, dump...@hotmail.com wrote:
> ‘The 1 Percent Criminals’: You’ll Never Guess Where Occupy Wall Street
> Supporters Held a Recent Conference:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/1-percent-criminals-ll-never-guess-where-occupy-163610420.html

The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) people meeting in Iran. Is this the
Iranians running an intelligence operation on the USA? Or the OWS's
masters getting a situation report and giving new orders?

Andrew Swallow

[Dean Markley]

I'd guess the only reason they want them is because the Indians have
comparable missiles.

[Dennis]

Andrew Swallow wrote:

> On 05/03/2012 17:43, dumps.com wrote:
>> ‘The 1 Percent Criminals’: You’ll Never Guess Where Occupy Wall
>> Street Supporters Held a Recent Conference:
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/1-percent-criminals-ll-never-guess-where-occupy-
>> 163610420.html
>
> The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) people meeting in Iran. Is this the
> Iranians running an intelligence operation on the USA?

More like getting a retarded report on the USA.

Dennis