Rapid Fire 2010-10-19: Britain’s National Security Strategy

• Thinking Strategically: UK government’s new National Security Strategy [PDF] identifies terrorism, cyber attacks, natural disasters, and foreign wars as the top 4 threat facing the nation.

• Not So Strategic: UK parliamentary panel is not impressed with government’s strategic thinking.

• Max Boot looks at indicators of progress in Afghanistan, while WIRED discusses the prospects for an innovative program that aims to provide cellphone justice.

• Stepping Stone: Xi Jinping is named to head China’s People Liberation Army, a stepping stone to the presidency.

• Israel urged to step up civil disaster capabilities as a nuclear Iran – or Israeli strikes – loom large.

• Up to $490 million to ManTech to provide integrated logistics support services to US Army Sustainment Command.

• Peru and Ukraine’s Morozov begin testing their Tifon-2 derivative of Peru’s T-55 tanks.

• Raytheon gets $37.6 million initial production contract to supply 22 Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT), compatible with a range of US military satellite constellations, as part of $1 billion program.

• General Dynamics ATP continues its relationship with Boeing for C-17 parts & spares.

• Britain’s “Wolfhound” blast resistant supply vehicles are operational in Afghanistan.

• Infowar front: The suicide protest. Not the Buddhist variety.