Af/Pak & Libya News (10/28/2011)

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NATO: 30 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan:

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NATO-30-insurgents-killed-in-eastern-Afghanistan-2241077.php



US drones kill Taliban chief's brother in Pakistan:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_drones_kill_Taliban_chiefs_brother_in_Pakistan_999.html



Switchblade Secretly Sent To Afghanistan:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20111028.aspx



Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable stealth cruise missile:

http://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-test-fires-nuclear-capable-stealth-cruise-missile-37983/



Top General: Pakistani Military Aids Rocket Attacks on U.S. Troops:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/pakistan-rockets-us-troops/




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Libya news:




Hamas boosting anti-aircraft arsenal with looted Libyan missiles:

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/hamas-boosting-anti-aircraft-arsenal-with-looted-libyan-missiles-1.392186



The Libyan Revolution by the Numbers:

http://www.understandingwar.org/press-media/pressrelease/libya-numbers



Int'l court in indirect talks with Gadhafi son:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-28/international-court-gadhafi-son/50974316/1



French Combat Aviation In Libya:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/20111028.aspx



U.K.'s Libya Campaign By the Numbers:

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%3a130bba57-8f8b-446b-b3c4-9dc6bc2336c3&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest



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And, in other news:



Once one of Syria's closest allies, Turkey now shelters anti-regime
fighters:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45065441/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/



Syrian security forces fire on rallies, killing 30:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501713_162-20126937/syrian-security-forces-fire-on-rallies-killing-30/



Car bomb kills anti-terror chief in south Yemen:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-28/yemen-anti-terror-leader-killed/50974644/1




US flying armed drones out of Ethiopia: report:

http://www.defencetalk.com/us-flying-armed-drones-out-of-ethiopia-report-37972/



Deadly bombings rip through Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45064822/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/



F-15s in near collision with Sentinel R1:

http://alert5.com/2011/10/28/f-15s-in-near-collision-with-sentinel-r1/



China censors web after tax riots:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/china-censors-web-after-tax-riots/articleshow/10519377.cms



Boeing's Unmanned Little Bird Heads to Sea in 2012:

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%3a353bd00a-2746-4a53-a537-53bb395e20cb&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest



China May Have Hacked U.S. Satellites:

http://defensetech.org/2011/10/28/china-may-have-hacked-u-s-satellites/



Missing Dutch submarine K XVI found after 70 years:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20547:missing-dutch-submarine-k-xvi-found-after-70-years&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106



Japanese WWII submarine found off Papua New Guinea:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6BNNKBmXL4dWmU8hwsfnmjsuyIw?docId=fb676c5ea2dd4ca2aeff72c93b0ba94d



Turkey Begins ANKA Envelope Expansion:

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%3a26da3436-f074-4f04-97f3-6d5283839a25&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest



Boeing sneaks a peek at KF-X design:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/10/boeing-sneaks-a-peek-at-kf-x-d.html



SSNs for Canada - Potentially a Bargain:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/10/ssns-for-canada-potentially-bargain.html



Next-Gen Naval Gunfire Support: The USA’s AGS & LRLAP:

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Next-Gen-Naval-Gunfire-Support-The-USAs-AGS-LRLAP-07171/



Darpa Recruits Puzzle People for Ultimate Dumpster Dive:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/darpa-shredder-challenge/



Report: It wasn’t ‘hollow growth’ after all:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/10/28/report-it-wasnt-hollow-growth-after-all/



E-2T to participate in road runway exercise:

http://alert5.com/2011/10/28/e-2t-to-participate-in-road-runway-exercise/



Video: X-47B Flies with Gear Up:

http://defensetech.org/2011/10/27/video-x-47b-flies-with-gear-up/



M&G exposes the "great submarine rip-off":

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20571:mag-exposes-the-qgreat-submarine-rip-offq&catid=7:Industry&Itemid=116



IAI outlines progress with Panther tiltrotor UAS:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/iai-outlines-progress-with-panther-tiltrotor-uas-363859/



East Africa Updates:

http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/10/east-africa-updates.html