Af/Pak & Other News (5/15/2012)

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Our war legacy to Afghans: £1bn of military vehicles will be given to
national army when British troops pull out:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143220/Our-war-legacy-Afghans--1bn-military-vehicles-given-national-army-British-troops-pull-out.html



Pakistan Shuts Its Border; Pentagon Shuts Its Mouth:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/pakistan-shipping-war-cost/



Please Stop:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20120515.aspx



Iran hangs 'Israel spy' over nuclear scientist killing:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11712665-iran-hangs-israel-spy-over-nuclear-scientist-killing?lite



Yemen: US Gives Help in New Assault on Al-Qaida:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/yemen-us-assault-al-qaida-16349005



Pentagon Wants Web Apps to Stop Piracy, for Some Reason:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/navy-piracy-apps/



EU forces attack Somali pirates on land for first time:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11711225-eu-forces-attack-somali-pirates-on-land-for-first-time?lite



Tunisian Islamists join jihad against Syria's Assad:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25562:tunisian-islamists-join-jihad-against-syrias-assad&catid=54:Governance&Itemid=118



North Lebanon Calm After Syria Spillover Clashes:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=152694966



Russia Repeats Iskander Deployment Threat:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_Repeats_Iskander_Deployment_Threat_999.html



Russia to buy 90 brand-new Su-35S fighters:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_05_14/74675229/



American Hypersonic Weapons Are Threat To Russia Says Rogozin:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/American_Hypersonic_Weapons_Are_Threat_To_Russia_Says_Rogozin_999.html



Pilatus PC-12 gets synthetic vision:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/05/pilatus-pc-12-gets-synthetic-v.html



North Korea stops jamming South’s GPS: official:

http://dawn.com/2012/05/15/north-korea-stops-jamming-souths-gps-official/



Taiwan to build 'stealth' warship fleet:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1201433/1/.html



Closing the Tech Gap: China’s Spaceplane:

http://defensetech.org/2012/05/14/closing-the-tech-gap-chinas-spaceplane/



Second Chengdu J-20 makes its debut:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/05/second-chengdu-j-20-makes-it-d.html




101st Airborne Division adds realism to Army network exercise:

http://www.defencetalk.com/101st-airborne-division-adds-realism-to-army-network-exercise-42555/



Army Reserve Training Goes Digital To Save Dollars:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/05/14/army-reserve-training-goes-digital-to-save-dollars-and-goes-ab/



NECC Announces Formation of Coastal Riverine Force:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/135211/us-navy-to-set-upcoastal-riverine-force.html



Air National Guard testing Sniper pod on F-15C:

http://alert5.com/2012/05/15/air-national-guard-testing-sniper-pod-on-f-15c/



Republicans Order Navy to Quit Buying Biofuels:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/republican-navy-biofuel/



Not your grandfather’s B-52:

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/05/15/not-your-grandfathers-b-52/




F-35 to replace most US combat aircraft by 2020:

http://www.defencetalk.com/f-35-to-replace-most-us-combat-aircraft-by-2020-42557/