DW: Tensions stoke fears of a first strike against North Korea
Repeated warnings have so far failed to veer Pyongyang off its missile development course. As regional tensions spike, some in the South fear they will be the biggest losers if fighting breaks out. Julian Ryall reports.
North Korea fired what appears to have been an intermediate-range ballistic missile into waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan early on Wednesday morning. The launch further heightens tensions in the region shortly before US President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Florida this week.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 5, 2017
North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of Trump, Xi Jinping meeting on Pyongyang's arms program -- ABC News Online
Report: North Korea fires missile but test may have failed -- UPI
Report: China-based cyber campaign targeting managed IT, cloud services -- The Hill
China Reveals How Many Fighter Jets the New Aircraft Carrier Can Dock -- Sputnik
Thailand to buy more Chinese tanks, reportedly for $58M -- Defense News
Saab developing Gripen fighter for Brazil -- UPI
US May Sell Germany 40 King Stallions to Cut Helicopter’s $131M Price Tag -- Sputnik
Germany says Trump military spending won't guarantee peace -- AP
68 years of NATO: 10 things you might not know about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military Times
The White House's failure to keep Jared Kushner's trip to Iraq secret became a security risk -- AP
Retired admiral: China's not driving the US out of the Western Pacific -- Washington Examiner
U.S. Navy buys two additional CUSV vehicles -- UPI
Navy Hopes to Stay in Front of Russian & Chinese Submarine Advances -- Scout Warrior
Ohio-class subs could be unfit underwater in a decade, STRATCOM warns -- Military Times
U.S. Navy's USS America completes survivability test -- UPI
Future V-22 Weapons May Range from Lasers to Sonic Waves -- DoD Buzz
The Art of an F-35 Deal: Did Trump Engineer a Lockheed-Boeing Pact? -- Ciro Scotti, The Fiscal Times
Boeing pushing new Block III Super Hornet -- Defense News
Boeing Wants to Build a 'Super' F/A-18E/F Super Hornet -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
Air Force Reviews Vendor Bids to Build New ICBMs Engineered With High-Tech Upgrades -- Scout Warrior
Stratcom Chief Presses for Nuke Force Upgrade -- DoD Buzz
The latest drone pilot challenge: Training with manned aircraft for combat missions -- Defense News
Raytheon to supply Multi-Object Kill Vehicle technology -- UPI
US Air Force Preparing for War in Space -- Military Times
Defense experts press Congress for more reforms -- Defense News
Military sees dire future if Congress doesn’t act on budget -- AP
Lawmakers warn of 'ugly fallout' over short-term defense funding -- The Hill
In push to normalize space domain, Air Force adds new three-star position -- Defense News
President Trump moves to fill out top ranks at Pentagon -- The Hill
Fort Hood shooter goes on hunger strike -- Army Times
Analysis of "Insider Attacks" in Afghanistan -- Javid Ahmad, Modern War Institute
Don’t Let the Pentagon Monopolize Nuclear Policy -- Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Defense One/Council on Foreign Relations
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