Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 3, 2015

Top Story: Russia’s Future Air Force Could Resemble … The U.S. Air Force -- Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 3, 2015

Foreign Legion: Contactors from abroad allowed to serve in Russian army -- RT

Russia Prepares Testing Of 'Killer Robots' -- Business Insider

Russian Navy to Continue Anti-Piracy Mission off Coast of Somalia -- Sputnik

Putin signs law on military service in Ukraine for Russian nationals in Crimea -- ITAR-TASS

Alleged Russian spy ring busted at NATO air base in Lithuania -- Washington Times

Taliban video highlights training camp, operations in Kunar -- Long War Journal

China: Chengdu Wing Loong UAV demonstrates formation flight -- Alert 5

Finally, Mountain Guns for India -- The Diplomat

Pakistani Turkish Defense Ties Continue to Deepen -- Defense News

Israel Lists 14 Programs Introduced in 2014 -- Defense News

Video: French army train Lebanese troops -- France 24

Iraqi General Warns of Military Woes in Fighting Extremists -- AP

USS Sampson Recovers 12 Bodies from Wreckage -- DoD Buzz

USS Fort Worth joins destroyer Sampson in AirAsia search and recovery -- Stars and Stripes

A Tale of Two Gatling Guns: F-35 vs. A-10 -- Defense Tech

The Pentagon's $1.5 Trillion Mistake (Video) -- The Atlantic

USAF Leaders Say F-35 Simulator Increasingly Important -- Defense News

DARPA UAVs Would Be Fast, Light and Fly Themselves -- Defense News

Army touts 'brain thermometer' as front-line tool -- Army Times

Secretive Military Tech Company Announces Augmented Reality Glasses For Consumers -- Forbes

Chief of US naval personnel: Navy should expand sabbatical program -- Mike Hixenbaugh, Stars and Stripes/The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot (TNS)

Available: The $183,300 ‘Yoda’ job at the Pentagon -- Washington Post

NATO's nuclear relapse: Under the public radar, NATO is modernising its tactical nuclear arsenal. -- Ian Klinke, Al Jazeera

Information Warfare: The Media Is The Message -- Strategy Page

Cyber conflict is a 21st century hall of mirrors -- CBS