USNI News: Panel: U.S. Needs Non-Military Options to Handle ‘Gray Zone’ Warfare from Russia, China, Iran
The United States is nowhere close to deterring Russia from spreading fake news, disinformation, and propaganda through social media, or even convincing the American public that such a Kremlin campaign to drive wedges through society exists, a panel of “gray zone” warfare experts said Tuesday.
Jamie Fly, former foreign and national security adviser to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), said that, through social media, “for very little cost [Russia] can reach out to individual Americans” to sow distrust in the electoral process, create confusion in the political arena, possibly tamper with voting itself, and attack both sides on issues from National Football League players kneeling during the national anthem to Sen. John McCain’s “no vote” on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 16, 2018
North Korea Threatens To Scrap Summit With The United States Over Military Exercise (Updated) -- Warzone/The Drive
For Pentagon, South Korea drills became a crucial but quiet endeavor -- Reuters
Trump reportedly told the military to evacuate the families of military service members living in South Korea before the Winter Olympics -- Business Insider
US Voter Sentiment Shifting on U.S. Military Presence in South Korea, Western Europe -- Rasmussen
US Intelligence Indirectly Confirms Existence of Russia's Hypersonic Weapons -- Sputnik
Russian naval ship makes first-ever call in Papua New Guinea -- TASS
Chinese military’s rising star falls back to earth ‘over links to disgraced senior commanders and daughter’s marriage to Frenchman’ -- SCMP
Xi demands high-level research institutions for strong military -- Xinhuanet
From war room to boardroom. Military firms flourish in Sisi’s Egypt -- Reuters
The Astute class, Britain’s advanced hunter killer -- UK Defense Journal
Why NATO is worried by supplies of Russian S-400s to Turkey -- 112AU/Spiegel Online
NATO's 'Two Percent Is Not Fetish': Merkel Hints at Larger Defense Budget -- Sputnik
As Germany prepares for NATO crisis-response role, its military readiness is ‘abysmal’ -- John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes
NATO Aims to Stay Capable, Agile to Meet Threats -- US Department of Defense
US Air Force rescue units move closer to Africa and Eastern Europe -- Air Force Times
No harassment of US ships by Iran despite nuclear deal demise, says Navy’s top officer -- Navy Times
Lockheed tapped to upgrade C-5 Galaxy systems -- UPI
The US Air Force Is Adding Algorithms to Predict When Planes Will Break -- Defense One
Number of Air Force drone-related mishaps has remained steady since 2011 -- Military Times
US Army starts work on future attack-recon helicopter -- FOX News/Warrior Maven
US Army eyes long-term role for Apache with futuristic weapons and upgrades -- Flight Global
The Army is inspecting its entire Apache helicopter fleet for a critical defect -- Business Insider/Task & Purpose
Forget ‘pinks and greens’: The Army is looking to make radar-stopping stealth cammies -- Army Times
Google worker rebellion against military project grows -- France 24
Navy Cyber War Breakthrough - AI Finds Malware in Encrypted Traffic -- Warrior Maven
Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski: Military satellites will be smaller, more mobile -- Space News
Lawmakers seek $7.5 billion to counter China’s rise -- Defense News
Committee approves Trump's CIA director nominee, setting up full Senate vote -- CNN
US identifies suspect in major leak of CIA hacking tools -- Los Angeles Times
NSA, US CYBERCOM scramble for top hackers -- Intelligence Online
Avoid the Next 'Dumb' War -- Danny Sjursen, RCD
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