Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 5, 2018

ABC News: On election eve, Trump continues to play up military's role at border

By the end of Monday there will be 5,200 active duty service members serving along the border in what is officially a support mission to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but on the eve of the mid-term election President Trump continues to play the deployment as a campaign issue.

"I noticed all that beautiful barbed wire going up today," Trump said at a Montana campaign rally on Sunday. "Barbed wire used properly can be a beautiful sight."

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 5, 2018

Pentagon preps cyberattack in case Russia interferes with elections -- Endgadget

Minuteman III Replacement Program Moves Toward Next Phase (UPDATED) -- National Defense

Air Weapons: Customized For F-35 -- Strategy Page

Lockheed awarded $180.4M for F-35 Block 4 software development -- UPI

USAF Improves Space Training to Address Space Threat Despite Ongoing Space Force Debate -- Air Force Magazine

Air Force awards $350M contract for support of JASSM missiles -- UPI

Facing retention issues, the Corps needs to recruit highest number of Marines in a decade -- Marine Times

Midterms could crash Trump’s Space Force on the launch pad -- Defense News

Pentagon: Mattis to meet with Chinese counterpart this week -- The Hill

Two-star general, Green Berets punished for deadly Niger ambush that killed 4 US soldiers -- Army Times

Nuclear talks with North Korea may affect US military posture, Dunford says -- Stars and Stripes

Hospital ship USNS Comfort performing medical operations in Peru -- UPI

US-Korea mid-level exercises underway; DoD says they ‘never stopped’ -- Military Times

U.N. Command in Korea agrees to 'rules' at border between North, South -- UPI

South Korea and Spain seek deal to swap trainer jets for airlifters -- Defense News

Japan to propose underwater drones to monitor East China Sea -- UPI

Sign of easing tensions, U.S. and China to hold top-level security talks -- Japan Times/AFP

In Chinese Spy Ops, Something Old, Something New -- Elias Groll, Foreign Policy

China Reveals Short-Range Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Designed To Dodge Enemy Defenses -- War Zone/The Drive

NATO Stocks Up on Bombs, Giving Smaller States More Punch -- Breaking Defense

Russia’s Air Force Wants To Use Robots As ‘Automated Forward Air Controllers’ -- Task & Purpose/Business Insider

Lukashenka Says No Need For Russian Military Base In Belarus, Praises U.S. Role In Europe -- RFE

U.A.E. Military Base in Breakaway Somaliland to Open by June -- Bloomberg

85 Afghan Troops Killed in Insider Attacks This Year, Report Finds -- Military.com

British Armed Forces relaxing citizenship requirements in drive for more Commonwealth recruits -- ABC News Online

As satellites become targets, U.K. military seeks closer ties with space industry -- Space News

Former German intelligence head fired from Interior Ministry position -- UPI

Bring the Tanks Back: It Is Time to Put a U.S. Armored Brigade in Germany -- Ryan Van Wie, War On The Rocks

A Troubling Outlook for Future Defense Spending -- Luke Strange, RCD

As It Begins Its Second Century, Is the Aircraft Carrier Obsolete? -- Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics

10,000 flames start weeklong observance of WWI centennial -- UPI