DoD FY17 Budget Cuts Production Not People
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Pentagon’s 2017 budget plan is preparing to slow down programs in production and limit R&D funds to protect end strength and readiness levels, reports Defense News.
Military.com reports on President Barack Obama’s address Sunday night to reassure Americans in the awake of recent attacks in Paris and California. Republican presidential candidates were unimpressed, reports CNN.
Michael McCaul (R-TX), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee says the volume of online chatter makes it “almost impossible” to stop all terror threats, reports The Hill.
Homeland Security is looking to roll out new threat levels to trigger public alerts of intermediate threats, reports The Hill. Only imminent threats currently trigger public alerts.
International Business Times reports Iran’s cyber police chief announced the arrest of 53 people for running websites supporting the Islamic State militant group, according to the Tasnim news agency.
The US Army grounded helicopters for a four-day stand-down at 11 installations following a string of fatal training accidents, to review briefing processes, pre-accident plans, and aircraft maintenance procedures, reports IHS Janes 360.
Yesterday, Dec. 7, 2015, was the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Defense.gov reports on the DoD honoring the men and women who sacrificed their lives, and those who fought.
The Aviationist has video of a Royal Danish Air Force pilot, forced to eject from his F-16 over the North Sea, Oct. 27, 2015, landing gear problems prevented a a safe landing back at Skrydstrup air base. The video is in Danish, but the opening shots are clear in any language.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck struck the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan on Monday, reports NBC News.
