Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 29, 2017

VOA: North Korea Claims More Advanced ICBM Capable of Hitting US

North Korea's test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the first since September, has ratcheted up tensions as Pyongyang announced it can now hit the United States mainland with a warhead.

"The newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-15 has been successfully test-launched according to the political decision and strategic judgement of the Workers' Party of Korea,” read an announcer Wednesday on North Korea’s state-run KRT television.

Following previous launches, the North has claimed its projectiles can hit any part of the continental United States, but this would be the first time it would be able to do so with this new type of upgraded missile, which both North Korean and U.S. officials said could fly higher than the ones the country has tested earlier.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 29, 2017

North Korea says new ICBM with ‘super-large heavy warhead’ completes its nuclear force -- Washington Examiner

North Korea's upgraded missile has a new name -- AP

North Korea's missile took a bizarre path through space — here's why it deeply worries weapons experts -- Business Insider

North Korea's 'Hwasong-15 missile': From London to Washington DC, test shows Kim Jong-un can hit world's capitals -- The Telegraph

Can mega-boastful North Korea really nuke D.C.? Here's what experts say. -- Thomas Maresca, Special for USA TODAY

North Korea Missile Launch Appears Calibrated to Avoid American Military Response -- Wall Street Journal

There's a surprisingly mundane reason North Korea didn't launch a missile for 74 days -- Tara Francis Chan, Business Insider

Japan Refines Design For Indigenous Future Fighter -- Aviation Week

Japan, U.K. Joining Forces to Make the World's Best Air-to-Air Missile -- Popular Mechanics

Confident Xi puts China's military front and center -- Nikkei Asian Review

China racing for AI military edge over U.S.: report -- Reuters

A brief look into Russia’s nuclear submarine upgrade project -- Medium.com

Qatar agrees to terms for buying Typhoon, Hawk aircraft from UK -- Defense News

Russia's New Sukhoi Su-30SM1 Fighter: Could It Crush America's Best Fighters? -- National Interest

Honduran presidential candidate to review U.S. troops presence -- Reuters

Canada's Trudeau Apologizes For Past 'Gay Purge' Of The Military -- NPR

Navy releases new timeline of hours before Argentine sub went missing -- CNN

European military cooperation: How to defend Europe? -- Albrecht Meier, Euractiv

INTERVIEW-NATO sees growing Russia, China challenge; higher risk of war -- Reuters

Senior U.K. military officers 'dressed down' after leaks over defence cuts -- SKY News

Report Urges Permanent US Military Presence in Balkans -- VOA

Is the Air Force’s New Bomber Testing at Area 51? -- Popular Mechanics

Top Enlisted Leaders Push Back: There Is No Readiness ‘Crisis’ -- Defense One

Pentagon Can't -- or Won't -- Say How Many Troops Are at War -- Military.com

U.S. Coast Guard operating secret floating prisons in Pacific Ocean -- USA Today

New NSA leak exposes Red Disk, the Army's failed intelligence system -- ZDNet

Classified data on Pentagon program mistakenly leaked online -- The Hill

A Breakthrough in Soft Robot Muscles, Funded by the Military -- Defense One

Navy C-2A Crash: Pilot Called Hero for Actions -- AP

How Russia's only carrier would fight an American carrier -- Harold Hutchison, Task & Purpose