IBTimes: US Preparing Preemptive 'Bloody Nose' North Korean Strike: Report
The White House is preparing a North Korea option that would include a “bloody nose” targeted preemptive military strike to knock out its nuclear weapon program, according to a Wednesday report by the at. A strike could involve targeting a launch site before it launches a ballistic missile test or targeting North Korea weapons stockpiles.
“The hope is that military force would show Kim Jong-un that America is “serious” about stopping further nuclear development and trigger negotiations,” the Telegraph reported.
The report cited three anonymous sources, one inside the administration and two former officials familiar with the White Houses thinking.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 22, 2017
Exclusive: US making plans for 'bloody nose' military attack on North Korea -- Telegraph
North Korea Expected to Test a Missile Loaded With a Live Nuclear Weapon in 2018 -- Newsweek
Kim Jong-un says NK has become ‘strategic' nuclear power -- Korea Herald
South Korea plans to buy 20 additional F-35 aircraft: report -- Reuters
US military issues alert after North Korean propaganda found on multiple bases -- Stars and Stripes
Japan Approves Record Defense Budget Amid North Korea Tensions -- Bloomberg
Japan defence budget swells to $46 billion as North Korea missile threat looms large -- Times Now/AFP
As global power shifts, Japan mulls new alliances and weapons -- Asia Times
Escalation threat high as US-Russia INF anti-missile treaty falters -- DW
Russia negotiating more arm sales to Balkan ally Serbia -- Defense News/AP
Taiwan fighter jets get new electronic warfare capabilities in latest upgrade -- Defense News
Argentina submarine: Police raid navy and German company offices -- DW
Royal Navy's second £3.1billion aircraft carrier with the same design as 'Big Lizzie' is floated for the first time (but will this one leak too?) -- Daily Mail
Norway buys K9 Thunder artillery from Hanwha -- UPI
Army Announces 2 New Afghanistan Troop Deployments As DoD Digs In For 2018 -- Task & Purpose
GAO says it's 'unknown' if technology in Navy's new Columbia-class submarines will work as planned -- Business Insider/Reuters
Lockheed Martin receives $7B for F-22 sustainment -- UPI
F-35 testers wrap up Weapons Delivery Accuracy tests -- US Air Force
US Army awards BAE contract to build full-rate production howitzers -- Defense News
Pentagon Full Steam Ahead with Major Cloud Acquisition -- Defense One
Trump administration shelves plans to survey US defense firms -- Defense News
Pentagon expects on-time budget for 2019 but Trump’s ‘masterpiece’ will be in 2020 -- Defense News
Climate-change risks include 128 military sites threatened by rising sea levels, GAO says -- Stars and Stripes
Navy gives 48,000 sailors ‘fitness pardon’ who can’t meet fitness demands -- American Military News
US Circuit Court strikes down Trump request to delay Jan. 1 entry for transgender military recruits -- Military Times
Trump pays holiday visit to wounded troops at Walter Reed -- Military Times/AP
It’s Time for a Grand Budget Bargain to Save the Pentagon -- Katherine Blakeley, War On The Rocks
The war on military culture -- Michael Ferguson, Washington Examiner
Reviewing The Navy’s Strategic Readiness Review: What’s Right, What’s Missing -- Bryan Clark, Breaking Defense
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