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Losing the House But Not Your Clearance. Attorney Shawn Bigley writes, “Foreclosure law and its applicability to your security clearance case is a highly complicated area. If the foreclosed home was in a judicial foreclosure state, there is a real probability that you are, indeed, personally liable for the deficiency and it would need to be responsibly addressed like any other debt to salvage your clearance. If, however, your property was located in an exclusively non-judicial foreclosure state, you may be able to rely on the state’s anti-deficiency law as a defense to the debt in a security clearance case.”
THE FORCE AND THE FIGHT
Revitalizing Russia. National Defense Magazine’s Sandra I Erwin reports, “Russia is modernizing its air force, deploying advanced air defenses and training its pilots specifically to thwart U.S. operations in Europe. The Russian air force has become ‘more professional’ and has better equipment than it did a decade ago . . . . Following a disappointing military incursion in Georgia in 2008, Russian leaders have made it a priority to revamp air forces and improve their capabilities to attack enemy aircraft.”
South China Sea (belongs to China). Defense One’s Marcus Weisgerber reports, “In a rare appearance together, American and Chinese admirals sat alongside one another to present their views on maritime security in the Asia-Pacific region. The audience came to hear about one thing, the South China Sea, and China’s commander was clear: ‘It belongs to China.’ . . . ‘The South China Sea, as the name indicated, is a sea area. It belongs to China,’ said Vice Adm. Yuan Yubai, who commands the North Sea Fleet for the People’s Liberation Army Navy.”
North Korea flaunts nuclear weaponry. AP’s Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug report, “A day after threatening long-range rocket launches, North Korea declared Tuesday that it has upgraded and restarted all of its atomic fuel plants so it can produce more – and more sophisticated – nuclear weapons. . . . the threats could significantly deepen a standoff between North Korea and the U.S. and its allies because they strike at Washington’s fear that each North Korean rocket and nuclear test puts it another big step closer to its stated goal of an arsenal of nuclear-tipped long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland.”
CONTRACT WATCH
Aerospace transition. Defense News’ Andrew Clevenger reports, “The aerospace industrial base is healthy but entering a transitional period, a panel of experts said Monday at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference. Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group; Jim McAleese, consultant and founder of McAleese associates; and David Melcher, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association discussed the coming paradigm shift as the US transforms from an aviation nation to an aerospace nation.”
Cold weather tech. Military & Aerospace Electronics Editor John Keller reports, “Officials of the Rapid Reaction Technology Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Falls Church, Va., issued a request for information this week (RRTO-2015-09-09-RFI-SPIRAL-16-2) for the Multi-Service Demonstration for Arctic Challenges project. This initiative, which is part of the Thunderstorm Spiral 16-2, seeks to find technology-demonstration candidates from private industry, government research and development (R&D) organizations, and academia to demonstrate military technologies for Arctic operations.”
