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While Americans broadly prefer to stay out of direct involvement in the conflict in Syria, support for U.S. military action soars in the event of a loss of control of its chemical weapons, the use of such weapons on the Syrian people or an attack on neighboring U.S. allies.

Most in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll also say they’d support the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria, provided U.S. ground forces are not involved.

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Poll: Huge Majority Of Americans Opposes Military Intervention In Syria —For Now -- TPM

Dutch troops "lack experience" on Patriot missiles in Turkey -- Reuters

Ex-Israeli military chief and minister dies at 68 -- AP

Yes, Ma’am? United Russia deputy supports military draft for women -- RT

Europe launches major British military satellite -- Phys.org

U.K. Has 1,000 Developing Trident Successor -- Bloomberg

Russia To Nudge India Toward Buying BMP-3s -- Defense News

India test-fires nuclear capable missile -- DAWN

Warplanes: China Trains To Surge -- Strategy Page

Are US Munitions to Blame for Basra Birth Defects? -- Spiegel Online

Yemen's president shakes up the army -- Al Jazeera

Inhofe wants to stop F-16s from going to Egypt -- Enid News

Bulgaria Seeks Permanent US Military Presence - Report -- RIA Novosti

US to deploy newest weapons to Asia-Pacific -- Space Daily

Boehner Adds to ‘Plan B’ by Canceling Sequestration, Shielding Defense -- Defense News

Pentagon Would Cut Thousands of Jobs Under New Bill -- National Journal

Nearly Finished Defense Bill Mandates New Los Alamos Weapons Facility -- Global Security Newswire

DARPA Robot can follow a human leader, take verbal commands and recover from roll -- Next Big Future

DARPA plans small satellites that can provide images on-demand -- GCN

MDA lays out 2013 testing plans -- Defense Tech

Flexible Forces Plus New Drone, Cyber, & Climate Policies Top 2013 Wish List -- Aol Defense

Military turns to ESPN to help analyze drone footage -- USA Today

Talking to Robots on the Flight Deck -- Information Dissemination

Marines’ new alcohol policy strictest in U.S. military -- Washington Times

Officials: 31 suspended in Army day care scandal -- AP

Reported sex assaults leap 23 per cent at US military academies -- NBC

All's Well With The Nation's Nukes -- In Theory -- Aol Defense

While Report on CIA Abuse Stays Secret, Senators Blast Tinseltown Torture -- Danger Room

'Zero Dark Thirty': top 3 controversies surrounding the Osama bin Laden film -- Christian Science Monitor

U.S. soldier referred to court martial in Afghan killings -- Reuters

The US Military Wants To Execute One Of Its Own — But History Says It Won't Happen -- Business Insider

How the U.S. Military Would Crush a Tea Party Rebellion -- Michael Peck, Forbes