Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 21, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in an unknown location in North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. Reuters/KCNA

Business Insider/Reuters: Kim Jong Un punishes top military adviser for unknown reasons

* Kim Jong Un's former top military adviser has been punished for unknown crimes against the North Korean state.
* The adviser seems to have been punished on the suggestion of another top adviser who is competing for Kim's favor.
* By making his top officials fight amongst themselves, Kim may be "clipping their wings" to reamin in power.

SEOUL (Reuters) - When Kim Jong Un sat down in September to order the sixth and largest of North Korea's nuclear tests, Hwang Pyong So sat by his side, his khaki military uniform conspicuous among the suits at the table, photos released by state media at the time showed.

Now Hwang, once one of Kim's most-trusted advisers, is facing unspecified punishment on the orders of another man who also sat at that exclusive table in September, Choe Ryong Hae, South Korean intelligence officials believe.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 21, 2017

Top N.Korean Apparatchik 'Purging Rivals' -- The Chosun Ilbo

North Korea punishes top military leaders, South Korea says -- CNN

N. Korean soldier defector regains consciousness: report -- Yahoo News

US, South Korea agree to increase public transparency of military affairs -- Stars and Stripes

China to play bigger role in United Nations peacekeeping missions, begins drills -- SCMP

Can China Replace the U.S. as the World's Top Arms Dealer? -- Robert Farley, Diplomat

Inside Pakistan's biggest business conglomerate: the Pakistani military -- Quartz

Britain’s new military BFF (Best Friend France) -- Politico.eu

‘They Will Fight’: NATO Readies Forces Vs. Russia -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

Here’s how NATO is preparing for cyber operations -- Mark Pomerleau, Fifth Domain

Missing Argentine submarine: 'New noises' not from sub, says navy -- DW

US Air Force, Navy join search for lost Argentine submarine -- Defense News

Behind the hunt for a missing sub: sensors, underwater drones -- C4ISRNet

Vandals strike vehicles, homes affiliated with the US military on Okinawa -- Stars and Stripes

Navy tries new sleep guidelines after deadly Asia-Pacific ship collisions: report -- The Hill

New military budget includes billions for submarine industry -- Defense News/AP

Lockheed Praised at Pentagon for Naval Ballistic-Missile Defense -- Bloomberg

The US Air Force Has Taken Another Step Toward Re-Engining its B-52s -- The Warzone

CBO’s Nuclear Weapons Cost Estimate Is Way Too High ; Hint — Bombers -- Breaking Defense

Air Force aims for laser weapons on a fighter jet by 2021 -- Stars and Stripes

Air Force: Mechanical failure caused Predator crash -- Air Force Times

2018 military pay raise is the biggest in eight years, but how generous is it? -- Military Times

Pentagon Exposed 1.8 Billion Social Media Posts From Facebook and Twitter for Anyone to See -- Fortune

Industry Developing New Social Media Simulation Tools for Military Analysts -- National Defense

Pentagon flagged Kaspersky as potential threat in 2004 -- Then Hill

Court-martialing retirees? Fat Leonard cloud still looms for many current and former sailors -- Navy Times

Civilian Life Has Appeal for 'Burned Out' Air Force Pilots -- RCD

Google exec: Pentagon making slow but steady progress on innovation -- Defense News

Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’ -- Michael T. Klare, The Nation

Don’t Kill the Nuclear Cruise Missile -- Vincent Manzo, Defense One

Space for a Space Corps? Congress lays groundwork for controversial plan -- Defense News

Why the hell are Marines still driving Humvees? -- Jeff Schogol, Marine Times