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Philippines To Buy 12 S. Korean Fighter Jets (DefenseNews)

U.N. Drone Investigator: If Facts Lead to U.S. War Crimes, So Be It (Wired, Danger Room blog)

Worth linking from Cdr Salamander via Raw Intel: Littoral Combat Ship-How we Got Here and Why (Scribd)

F-35 durability testing (Scribd)

Trapped U.S. Navy Minesweeper To Be Broken Up (DefenseNews) There goes another invaluable mine countermeasures asset.

Production Error At Fault In F-35B Grounding (Aviation Week)

India Successfully Tests Indigenous Sub-Launched Missile (DefenseNews)

Taiwan President Presses for U.S. Subs Deal (DefenseNews)

China Confirms Y-7 for AEW for Carrier Ops (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

Chemical weapons in Syria: Israel on high alert (Flight Global, Ariel View blog)

Topping Off a Carrier: GERALD R FORD (CVN 78) Island Landing (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog) Lots of pics.

Russia hands over refitted Indian sub (RIA Novosti)

French Warship for Russia 'Won't Work in Cold' - Minister (RIA Novosti)

China’s Y-20 Makes First Official Flight (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

Russian Shipyard Starts Work on Fifth Buyan Corvette (RIA Novosti)

US Navy Seeks Alternate Deckhouse For DDG-1002 (Aviation Week)

Russia, China Working On Deal Despite Property Rights Trouble (DefenseNews)

Showdown With Iran? Maybe Not In 2013 (AOL Defense) The year we reckon with Iran (Fareed Zakaria)

Did China Test its Carrier-Killer? (The Diplomat)

Kongsberg studies JSM for submarine launch (Jane's)

I'm a bit surprised there was nothing about the deployment of BPC Dixmude.

PM Says Bangladesh To Buy 1st Submarines (DefenseNews)

Did anyone notice how the target - even with the nice, largish reflector mounted on it - nearly dipped below the horizon and out of line of sight during the engagement?

I like the low smoke but still have some concerns about the utility of the Griffin in the marine environment.