Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 20, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile. © KCNA / Reuters

RT: US will have to accept N Korea’s nuclear status –- Pyongyang

Washington will have to put up with Pyongyang’s nuclear status, a top official from North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has said, ruling out talks on the matter with the US.

“The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [DPRK] is not planning to hold talks on nuclear weapons and the US has to get along with the DPRK’s nuclear status,” Choe Son-hui, director-general of the North American Department of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said, speaking at the 2017 Non-proliferation Conference in Moscow.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- October 20, 2017

Washington will have to put up with North Korea's nuclear status — Pyongyang -- TASS

North Korea is Building a Bigger, Better Missile Submarine -- Popular Mechanics

New Buyan-Class Corvette to Join Russian Navy by End of Year -- Sputnik

Russian warships dock in Philippines as Manila cultivates new ties -- Reuters

Kalashnikov Is Making an Electric Motorcycle For Russian Military and Police -- Popular Mechanics

NATO Is Building a 'Silver Bullet' to Destroy Russia's New Tanks -- National Interest

Indian Air Force wants out of fighter program with Russia -- Defense News

New Zealand buying U.S. sniper rifles -- UPI

US Abrams tanks sway the battle in Kirkuk -- Defense News

CentCom Still Planning Joint Exercises in Mideast Despite Qatar Dispute -- DoD Buzz

Congressman: Fix Navy’s Perry-Class Frigates, Give Them to Allies -- Defense Tech

B-21 cost info to stay secret despite new Air Force leadership -- Defense News

US Air Force Official Flips Position, Opposes Disclosing B-21 Raider Costs -- Sputnik

Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat (Updated) -- Popular Mechanics

108 F-35s Will Not Be Combat Capable -- Project on Government Oversight/RCD

USAF to conduct cold weather testing on F-35A aircraft at Eielson AFB -- Air-Force Technology

Air Force F-22 Conducts Operational Testing of New Weapons Tech -- Scout Warrior

Boeing pitches souped-up Super Hornets during upcoming life extension -- Defense News

The Army's Latest Spy Planes Are Flying Hundreds of Hours Overseas -- The Warzone

Lockheed developing sensor-fusion test bed for Army -- UPI

Pentagon Facing Demands for Details Regarding Deadly Niger Attack -- AP

Troops Never Left Battlespace In Niger During 2-Day Search For Missing Soldier, DoD Says -- Task & Purpose

Mattis: No answers yet on Niger attack -- Defense News

Mattis: US military does not leave troops behind -- CNN

Pentagon Probing Troubling Questions After Deadly Niger Ambush -- Task & Purpose

US Army Preps for Underground & Urban Warfare on Korean Peninsula -- Scout Warrior

DoD says it shouldn’t protect homeland from cyberthreats; McCain disagrees -- Fifth Domain

Mattis asks Congress to back off new DoD reorganization proposals -- Defense News

Early numbers show the Army’s new fitness test is reducing injuries in basic training -- Army Times

Nominee for CIA inspector general grilled over retaliation claims, missing reports -- UPI

How US Special Operators Helped Take Down Joseph Kony’s Army With Tailored Messages -- Defense One

Should US military be betting the farm on stealth? -- Stephen Bryen, Asia Times

Armed Robots: US Lags Rhetoric, Russia -- Breaking Defense