Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 16, 2018

Photo: Presidents Putin, Xi, and Rouhani.(The Iranian)

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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