* Syrian rebels have told AFP that they have started receiving an untold quantity of unknown weapons from an unnamed source, though they did say sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons were among this first shipment, with more to come. The EU embargo was lifted only 3 weeks ago which seems short for the supplier to be European. There are rumors the weapons were from Libya.
* Meanwhile some observers say the evidence presented by the US, the UK and France to establish that chemical weapons were used by the Syrian government cannot be independently vouched.
* After the Washington Times and Politico, the New Republic is piling on against the US Army’s DCGS-A intelligence software.
* Long lines at RAFAEL’s Paris Air Show booth are brought to you by Hamas, who probably wasn’t intending to boost Iron Dome exports, but has.
* Among long-range strike assets – strike fighters, bombers, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles – which ones are more likely to help stabilize a crisis among great powers and in a context of nuclear proliferation? RAND tries to find out.
* And from the conservative Heritage Foundation: Obama’s Wish to Cut Nuclear Arsenal Undermines National Security. Meanwhile the Lexington Institute supports an East Coast missile defense site.
* Today’s video below is from the US Navy and Marine Corps showing their amphibious operations during the recent Eager Lion exercise with Jordanian Armed Forces (which makes the celtic metal soundtrack even more surreal):
