Af/Pak & Other News (2/23/2013)

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'Zero Dark Thirty' unofficially banned in Pakistan:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/21/17004297-zero-dark-thirty-unofficially-banned-in-pakistan?lite



Afghan cabinet gives preliminary approval to delayed mining law:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/afghan-cabinet-gives-preliminary-approval-delayed-mining-law-183250293--business.html



Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat
Do:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/drone-pilots-found-to-get-stress-disorders-much-as-those-in-combat-do.html



Raytheon to start initial production of Excalibur Ib:

http://www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com/article/2KTPJfNrliQ/2013/02/22/raytheon_to_start_initial_production_of_excalibur_ib/



'Game with a purpose': Vietnam vet, teen bring Scouting and help to
Afghanistan:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/22/17055879-game-with-a-purpose-vietnam-vet-teen-bring-scouting-and-help-to-afghanistan?lite



State-of-the-art 'bionic limbs' for Armed Forces:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/9879660/State-of-the-art-bionic-limbs-for-Armed-Forces.html



USMC’s Buffalo MRAP vehicles receive modular rifle racks:

http://www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com/article/Sc86GXMBrs/2013/02/22/usmcs_buffalo_mrap_vehicles_receive_modular_rifle_racks/





BrahMos Integration on Su-30MKI Imminent:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2013-02-15/brahmos-integration-su-30mki-imminent



India's secret executions raise concerns:

http://azstarnet.com/news/world/india-s-secret-executions-raise-concerns/image_13fc4faf-b110-5c0b-a567-1e3e13d20e40.html




Iran says it has captured a foreign 'enemy drone':

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-captured-foreign-enemy-drone-183530547.html




Yemen security chief escapes gunmen as three die in south:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/23/us-yemen-south-clashes-idUSBRE91M05O20130223




German, Dutch ministers visit Patriot missile site:

http://www.dw.de/german-dutch-ministers-visit-patriot-missile-site/a-16624000




US and British plans to seize Syria's chemical weapons:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9889961/US-and-British-plans-to-seize-Syrias-chemical-weapons.html



Scud Missile Attack Reported in Aleppo:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/world/middleeast/scud-missile-aleppo.html?pagewanted=all



Battle for Syria's Aleppo airport intensifies:

http://news.yahoo.com/battle-syrias-aleppo-airport-intensifies-131106416.html



Al Nusra: Al Qaeda's Syria Offensive:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/23/al-nusra-al-qaeda-s-syria-offensive.html




Algeria army kills 12 gunmen, arms seized:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/algeria-army-kills-12-gunmen-arms-seized/story-fn3dxix6-1226584313318




Al-Qaida's 22 tips on how to avoid drones:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/21/17048962-al-qaidas-22-tips-on-how-to-avoid-drones?lite



Mali radicals recruited child soldiers at schools:

http://news.yahoo.com/mali-radicals-recruited-child-soldiers-schools-155550002.html



Mali jihadists launch 5 suicide attacks in 2 weeks:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/02/mali_jihadists_launch_5_suicid.php



Obama deploys drones, US military personnel to Niger:

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/22/17057398-obama-deploys-drones-us-military-personnel-to-niger?lite



Russia sends aid to Mali, worried by militant Islam:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/22/us-mali-russia-idUSBRE91L0K120130222



13 Chad soldiers, 65 Islamists killed in Mali fighting:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/22/17061188-13-chad-soldiers-65-islamists-killed-in-mali-fighting?lite





Rapping Terrorist Accused of Not Writing His Own Jihadi Rhymes:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/jihadi-rap-ghostwriter/




Arab militia kills 50 in Sudan, say residents:

http://dawn.com/2013/02/23/arab-militia-kills-50-in-sudan-say-residents/





That’s Show Business!:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:9549cd63-e24b-41f7-8791-dfbdeea4afb4





More Sukhoi Fighters for China, Indonesia:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2013-02-22/more-sukhoi-fighters-china-indonesia





North Korea Threatens U.S. Over Joint Military Drill:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/world/asia/north-korea-threatens-us-over-military-drill.html





Canada’s CH-148 Cyclones: Better Late, or Never?:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/canadas-ch-148-cyclones-better-late-than-never-05223/




Future Soldiers will have flexible electronics everywhere:

http://www.defencetalk.com/future-soldiers-will-have-flexible-electronics-everywhere-46896/



TARDEC: Army must re-think doctrine to cut vehicle weights:

http://defensetech.org/2013/02/22/tardec-army-must-re-think-doctrine-to-cut-vehicle-weights/



Growing Black Market for Cyber-Attack Tools Scares Senior DoD
Official:

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1064



Off-Shore Oil Rigs Have Been “Incapacitated” By Malware Thanks To
Pirated Music and Porn:

http://gizmodo.com/5986475/off+shore-oil-rigs-have-been-incapacitated-by-malware-thanks-to-pirated-music-and-porn



When You've Lost George Will.....:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2013/02/when-youve-lost-george-will.html



US Navy sea-trials passive sonar surveillance methods:

http://www.strategicdefenceintelligence.com/article/yCUHD3SN71k/2013/02/22/us_navy_sea-trials_passive_sonar_surveillance_methods/



Details emerge about Lockheed’s Cuda missile:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/details-emerge-about-lockheeds-cuda-missile-382670/

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/02/more-details-about-lockheeds-c.html

[Andrew Swallow]

On 24/02/2013 00:54, dump...@hotmail.com wrote:
> US and British plans to seize Syria's chemical weapons:
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9889961/US-and-British-plans-to-seize-Syrias-chemical-weapons.html

I wonder if any of the weapons will say "Made in Iraq"?

Andrew Swallow

[Ian B MacLure]

Andrew Swallow <am.sw...@btinternet.com> wrote in
news:_p-dnf1nR4PHPbTM...@bt.com:

I they do they will be quietly "disappeared" just like Sodom the
insane's 550 tons of Uranium Oxide.

IBM

[dump...@hotmail.com]

On Feb 23, 4:54 pm, dumpst...@hotmail.com wrote:

>
> Details emerge about Lockheed’s Cuda missile:
>

> http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/details-emerge-about-lockhe...
>
> http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/02/more-details-ab...

Since this is supposed to have a 360 degree capability, I wonder if
it
could be used as a bomber self-defense weapon?

Is hit-to-kill really a good idea? The early British Rapier missiles
worked
this way, but they displayed less-than-stellar performance in the
Falklands
War.

Even it it's billed as a hit-to-kill weapon, it probably has an
explosive
charge inside to keep it from coming down intact. I wonder it this
detonates just before impact to spray the target with fragments
(as is done with Patriot PAC-3)?

If it's accurate enough to target an aircraft's "selected point of
vulnerability",
I wonder if it can engage incoming SAMs & AAMs?