Af/Pak & Other News (5/24/2012)

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Pakistan Acknowledges Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent:

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120523/DEFREG03/305230004/Pakistan-Acknowledges-Sea-Based-Nuclear-Deterrent?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE



Pakistan says U.S. drone kills 10 militants:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-05-24/Pakistan-drone/55179756/1?csp=34news




Combat Exoskeleton Marches Toward Afghanistan Deployment:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/combat-exoskeleton-afghanistan/



Life of an Afghan soldier:

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-of-an-afghan-soldier-slideshow/



Aid workers become targets as Pakistan faces new humanitarian crisis:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11842657-aid-workers-become-targets-as-pakistan-faces-new-humanitarian-crisis?lite



Pakistan seeks face-saving formula in NATO talks:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/us-pakistan-nato-idUSBRE84N0PI20120524



Documents reveal Pentagon gave Hollywood special Bin Laden access:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-documents-reveal-pentagon-granted-hollywood-special-bin-laden-access-20120523,0,4040632.story



Troy Facility Completes S-61 Airframe Modernization for U.S. State
Department:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/135442/sikorsky-completes-s_61-airframe-modernization.html




ISAF kills Taliban's deputy shadow governor for Nuristan:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/05/isaf_kills_talibans.php



Combat ‘Burn Pits’ Ruin Immune Systems, Study Shows:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/burn-pits/



What Afghans Love About Russia:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20120524.aspx



Indian Army helicopter crashed:

http://alert5.com/2012/05/24/indian-army-helicopter-crashed/



35 militants killed as Yemen army battles Qaeda:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iA_3I2wXAy4zRvXo0mVCOBbypI3Q?docId=CNG.adaeeaf22c2c02fb4e8682b28954061d.21



Clinton: U.S. hacked Yemeni al-Qaeda sites:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05-23/clinton-al-qaeda-sites/55176536/1



War-torn Yemen on brink of human calamity:

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/War-torn_Yemen_on_brink_of_human_calamity_999.html



Saudi spending spree reaches trainer fleet:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2012/05/saudi-spending-spree-reaches-t.html



Iran navy saves US freighter from pirates: report:

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-navy-saves-us-freighter-pirates-report-110142224.html



Iran face-off drives new naval small ship focus:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25761:iran-face-off-drives-new-naval-small-ship-focus&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106




With smuggling choked, Syria rebels feel arms curb:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/24/with-smuggling-choked-syria-rebels-feel-arms-curb/



'Boiling point': On Lebanon's Syria Street, a civil war brews:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/23/11831963-boiling-point-on-lebanons-syria-street-a-civil-war-brews?lite



From danger zone to organic pepper farm: Israel targets mine fields:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11853872-from-danger-zone-to-organic-pepper-farm-israel-targets-mine-fields?lite



AU troops battle Somali rebels for control of IDP corridor:

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25736:au-troops-battle-somali-rebels-for-control-of-idp-corridor&catid=87:border-security&Itemid=188



Russia tests missile designed to counter US defense shield:

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/24/11857149-russia-tests-missile-designed-to-counter-us-defense-shield?lite



UGM-84L HARPOON Missiles for South Korea:

http://www.defencetalk.com/ugm-84l-harpoon-missiles-for-south-korea-42748/



US officals 'flew to N.Korea' before rocket launch:

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_officals_flew_to_NKorea_before_rocket_launch_999.html



Last USMC CH-46 pilot graduates:

http://alert5.com/2012/05/24/last-usmc-ch-46-pilot-graduates/



Guard, Reserve Fight For Modern Hardware; JLTV, C-5A, C-17 At Stake:

http://defense.aol.com/2012/05/23/guard-reserve-fight-for-modern-equipment-humvee-jltv-c-5a-at/



Clinton Goes Commando, Sells Diplomats as Shadow Warriors:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/clinton-goes-commando/



U.S. Army Awards Aerovironment $5.1 Million Order for Switchblade
Loitering Munition Systems and Services:

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/135441/us-army-ups-funding-for-loitering-munition.html



10-hour Blaze Aboard USS Miami:

http://defensetech.org/2012/05/24/10-hour-blaze-aboard-uss-miami/



Q&A with the first military test pilot to fly the X-35 and F-35:

http://alert5.com/2012/05/24/qa-with-the-first-military-test-pilot-to-fly-the-x-35-and-f-35/