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• NATO Envisions Post-ISAF Change to Contingency Force AFPS 29 Nov 2013 -- In 2014, Operation Enduring Freedom becomes a new operation called Resolute Support and during Europe's recent combat training conference, the top brass of more than 35 nations outlined a way ahead that involves combined and joint training provided by the Joint Multinational Training Command here.
• US Gen. apologizes for deadly drone strike in Afghanistan Iran Press TV 29 Nov 2013 -- The American and NATO commander in Afghanistan has apologized for a drone strike in southern Helmand province, which killed and wounded Afghan civilians.
• ROC naval ship reaches Philippines with relief supplies CNA 29 Nov 2013 -- A Republic of China Navy vessel arrived in Cebu in central Philippines on Friday carrying 530 tons of relief supplies and equipment to help victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Defense Policy / Programs

• P-8A Aircraft Program Achieves Initial Operational Capability NNS 29 Nov 2013 -- The Navy's newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) after the first two P-8A Poseidons departed for deployment Nov. 29.
• USS Nitze Heads for 'the Med' NNS 29 Nov 2013 -- The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, USS Nitze (DDG 94), departed Nov. 29 on a seven-month deployment to the 6th Fleet area of operations.
• US-Japan war games amid China 'zone' dispute Iran Press TV 29 Nov 2013 -- The United States and Japan are taking part in a huge naval exercise involving dozens of warships, submarines and aircraft off the island of Okinawa, amid heightened tensions with China.
• US Airlines to Comply With China Defense Zone VOA 29 Nov 2013 -- The United States has advised American commercial airlines to notify Beijing of flight plans over China's newly-declared air defense identification zone, although U.S. officials say the compliance does not indicate U.S. government acceptance of China's requirements.
• Air force patrols of China's ADIZ legitimate: spokesman People's Daily 29 Nov 2013 -- Planes from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force have the right to patrol in China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in light of the need of air defense, said a Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday.
• China's ADIZ will not cause tension: spokesman People's Daily 29 Nov 2013 -- China's newly-established Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) will not cause regional tension, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Friday.
• Xi calls for stronger strategic reserve forces People's Daily 29 Nov 2013 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to reinforce the party's leadership over the troops, enhance its war capabilities and strive to build a strong strategic reserve force.
• Taiwan expresses 'serious concern' over China's ADIZ CNA 29 Nov 2013 -- Taiwan's Executive Yuan on Friday expressed 'serious concern' over China's demarcation of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the Cabinet's first official indication of Taiwan's stance since China claimed the zone last Saturday.
• China chases US, Japanese planes in air zone Iran Press TV 29 Nov 2013 -- Chinese fighter jets have chased the US and Japanese military aircraft inside China's newly declared Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea.
• China Air Defense Zone Hangs Over VP Biden's Visit VOA 29 Nov 2013 -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels to China next week as part of a regional tour that includes stops in South Korea and Japan. While the trip to Beijing was expected to focus on economic issues and other areas of cooperation, analysts say China's controversial new air defense zone in the East China Sea is likely to be a major topic
• China Fighter Jets Identify US, Japanese Aircraft VOA 29 Nov 2013 -- China says it has sent two fighter jets to monitor U.S. and Japanese aircraft that flew into its newly declared air defense zone over the East China Sea.
• Russia Announces Development of Unmanned Arctic Radars RIA Novosti 29 Nov 2013 -- Russia plans to develop fully automated air defense radars and deploy them to the Arctic, a senior aerospace defense official said Friday.
• Moscow, Minsk to Discuss Russian Airbase in Belarus RIA Novosti 29 Nov 2013 -- A senior Russian defense official said Friday that talks will be held next month on the planned deployment of an airbase in Belarus.
• New Pakistani Army Chief Takes Command RFE/RL 29 Nov 2013 -- General Raheel Sharif has formally taken over as chief of Pakistan's army staff, one of the most powerful positions in the nuclear-armed nation.
• Iran to launch 1st semi-heavy submarine by yearend IRNA 29 Nov 2013 -- Head of the Iranian Navy's Self-Sufficiency Jihad Research Organization said that Iran will soon launch its first semi-heavy weight submarine before the end of the current Iranian year (end March 20, 2014).

Defense Industry

• DoD News: Contracts for November 29, 2013

Other Conflicts

• Chemical Weapons Watchdog to Double Syria Mission RIA Novosti 29 Nov 2013 -- The international chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the removal of Syria stockpile of poisonous arms will next month double the size of its mission, the organization said Friday.
• Syrian Kurds Take Steps Toward Self-Rule VOA 29 Nov 2013 -- In much of Syria's Kurdish-dominated northeast, basic services are functioning and schools are open in marked contrast to other areas of the war-torn country.
• Fresh wave of violence kills over 50 people in Iraq Iran Press TV 29 Nov 2013 -- Fifty-one people have been killed in a wave of violent attacks in Iraq amid a surge of violence that has claimed over 6,000 lives in the country so far this year.
• Mali: UN mission calls for restraint, return to negotiations after clash in Kidal UN News Centre 29 Nov 2013 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali today strongly condemned the latest violence in Kidal, in the northern part of the country, and called for restraint.

News Reports

• DPR Korea sees increased harvests for third year, but malnutrition persists – UN UN News Centre 29 Nov 2013 -- A new assessment by the United Nations has found that harvests in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are up for the third year running, but warns that chronic malnutrition persists.
• Independent expert welcomes UN committee's resolution on right to privacy UN News Centre 29 Nov 2013 -- A draft resolution to protect the right to privacy in the digital age that was approved this week by a General Assembly committee is a first step, according to an independent UN expert who called for more to be done to ensure trust in the safety of communications.
• Yanukovych Still Wants EU Accord RFE/RL 29 Nov 2013 -- The EU's Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius has concluded with vows to continue working toward Ukraine's future signing of association and free-trade agreements with the bloc.
• Protests Continue In Ukraine's Capital RFE/RL 29 Nov 2013 -- Thousands of demonstrators were in the streets of Kyiv as Ukrainians on both sides of the European-integration debate try to send a message to coincide with the end of a two-day EU summit that dealt a blow to pro-Western forces in Ukraine.
• Moldova, Georgia Brace For Russian Retaliation After Forging Ahead With EU Pact RFE/RL 29 Nov 2013 -- Georgian and Moldovan leaders were all smiles as they finished initialing their Association Agreements with the European Union, a key milestone in their bid for membership of the 28-nation bloc.
• Thai Protesters Storm Army Headquarters VOA 29 Nov 2013 -- Thai protesters briefly stormed into army headquarters in Bangkok in a bid to get the military to join their efforts to topple the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.