Military News

Officials from AeroVironment were showcasing their Puma AE (all environment) miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Paris Air Show this week. The hand-launched UAV uses custom electro-optics to track targets.

1. Romanian-American sentenced in Iran jet parts plot
Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:32pm EDT Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55A5RB20090611
IPT NOTE: The gov't's press release is posted at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/090611-01.html

Scott Duncan, blind since birth, is sailing around the world on his 39-foot boat, Starship.

Jesse Billauer, paralyzed in a surfing accident, is still surfing the waves off Malibu.

Carlos Moleda, a former Navy SEAL who was shot in the spine, competes in triathlons.

1. War funding bill gets sidetracked over IMF funding, detainee abuse photos
By: ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press 06/08/09 5:40 PM EDT

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/ap/47234017.html

1. Iran closer to nuclear weapon capacity
Eli Lake Washington Times Saturday, June 6, 2009

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/06/specialists-warn-possible-br...

On June 6, 65 years ago, at 0130 the situation in Nazi Occupied Europe was: the D-Day invasion was beginning in France.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) spearheaded an effort today urging Speaker Pelosi to remove controversial provisions related to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from the pending war supplemental bill.

Elite special operations forces can't grow fast enough to meet increasing global demands, so the Pentagon is depending more heavily on support from regular forces not always available, according to the military's top special operations commander.

1. Fears mount that North Korea is preparing to attack the South

Richard Lloyd Parry on the Northern Limit Line, Yellow Sea From The Times (London) June 2, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6410160.ece

1. Gates See Evidence of Another Long-Range North Korea Missile
By PETER SPIEGEL JUNE 1, 2009, 10:41 A.M. ET Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124386006995372071.html