Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 10, 2019

CBS: As B-52 bombers arrive in region, defiant Iran says U.S. "will not dare" attack

The face-off between Iran and the United States continued to escalate on Friday as the Islamic Republic's elite Revolutionary Guards goaded the Trump administration with a dare, just a day after American B-52 bombers landed in the region. CBS News senior national defense correspondent David Martin said Thursday that all four B-52 Stratofortress bombers ordered to the Persian Gulf by the White House had arrived at the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar.

The White House deployed the bombers to the Gulf, along with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its associated vessels, over the weekend. While the Lincoln was deployed to replace a different U.S. carrier that was rotated out of the Gulf last month, there are few more irrefutable and visible demonstrations of U.S. military might than the deployment of a carrier strike group.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 10, 2019

1 missile can destroy ‘billion-dollar fleet’, Iran cleric says as US carrier sails to Gulf -- RT

Exclusive: U.S. commander says he could send carrier into Strait of Hormuz despite Iran tensions -- Reuters

DoD Confirms USS Abraham Lincoln Arrived in Mideast Area of Operations -- Sputnik

Marine expeditionary unit on Kearsarge transits Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian tensions -- Marine Times

US B-52 Strategic Bombers Land in Qatar -- Sputnik

Pentagon top officials defend move sending carrier and bombers to counter Iranian threat -- War Is Boring

US Ready to Shift Military Assets in Middle East -- Military.com/AP

U.S. officials: Iran official OK'd attacks on American military -- NBC

US ends search for Japanese F-35 that crashed in April -- Air Force Times/AP

Army fast-tracks enemy drone-destroying weapon -- FOX News/Warrior Maven

Powerful New Raytheon Radar Gives Navy Better Defense Against Ballistic, Hypersonic Threats -- Forbes

Trump nominates Shanahan as Pentagon chief -- The Hill

Trump to Nominate Shanahan for Top Pentagon Post -- RCP/AP

Bolton held unexpected meeting on Iran with top intel, military advisers at CIA: report -- The Hill

Here are the states where the Pentagon drops the most — and least — money per capita -- CNBC

A soldier who died in Afghanistan is the US military’s fifth non-combat fatality in 3 weeks -- Task & Purpose

In First, Pentagon to Release Information on Military Dependent Suicides -- Military.com

LPD: The U.S. Navy's Most Versatile Vessel Isn't A Destroyer Or A Submarine -- Forbes

Tank Wars Are Coming: How the U.S. Army Plans to Fight Russia or China -- National Interest/War Is Boring

How the Space Force might impact Navy and Marine Corps personnel -- Valerie Insinna, Defense News

Ukrainian and UK Ships Hold Joint Drills in Black Sea -- Sputnik

China's industrial-military hawks flex their anti-US muscles -- Financial times

Kim Jong Un tells N. Korea military to keep "full-combat posture" after second missile launch in week -- CBS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un orders stronger strike power as US remains open to talks -- ABC News Online

Seoul: More analysis needed before confirming North Korea fired 'ballistic' missiles -- UPI

Remains of French soldier identified, South Korea military says -- UPI

Isolation hurts Taiwan’s highly professional military -- Asia Times

India Joins First-Ever Joint Naval Drill in Contested South China Sea -- Sputnik

On the social media ‘battlefield,’ the Israeli army has weaponized snark -- Times of Israel

The elite soldiers protecting the Amazon rainforest -- BBC

Bolsonaro Is a Risky Bet for Brazil's Military -- Bloomberg

Watch: Serbia holds a military parade as a show of military might in a tense region -- Euronews

Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops? -- Kyle Rempfer, Military Times