Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 25, 2018

Daily Mail: We're ready if Kim tries anything says Pentagon as they warn North Korean dictator tens of thousands of U.S. forces are 'in a high state of vigilance'

* Defense Department declares U.S. military is at high readiness to intervene
* North Korea has threatened 'nuclear showdown' over Trump's insistence that it destroy its program that aims to construke a weapon of mass destruction
* U.S. has about 80,000 military personnel in the north Pacific, including around 37,500 in and around South Korea
* United States Forces Korea boasts around 100 planes including 70 F-16s and ten A-10 anti-tank jets, along with reconnaissance aircraft and other spy planes
* Also nearby is the Seventh Fleet, including a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a dozen nuclear subs and 14 destroyers and cruisers
* America also hols the nuclear trump card, a warhead arsenal that could wipe North Korea off the map

The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that it's ready to spring into action if North Korea keeps shaking a barbed fist in the direction of Washington.

Pentagon joint staff director Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told reporters that American military forces in South Korea are in 'a high state of vigilance,' adding that the U.S. is always prepared to respond to provocations from Kim Jong-un's dictatorship 'because they have proven to be unpredictable in the past.'

President Donald Trump said in the morning, after calling off a planned June 12 nuclear disarmament summit with Kim, that he had received assurances of readiness from Defense Secretary James Mattis and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 25, 2018

Trump says US military 'is ready if necessary' after Kim Jong Un summit cancellation -- CNBC

No Change in U.S. Military Posture After North Korea Talks Scrapped: Pentagon -- US News and World Report/Reuters

Pentagon's damning assessment of Kim regime made public -- CNN

North Korea breakthrough “just delayed,” says top US commander in South Korea -- Quartz

I Served with the Military Leaders Shaping America’s North Korea Plan. Here’s What They’ll Do Next -- James Stavridis, Time

See which US troops are getting an earlier curfew in South Korea -- Army times

The “sonic attack” in China was probably clumsy ultrasonic eavesdropping -- Quartz

China Confirms Use of Mature Stealth Testing Technology -- Sputnik

Taiwan scrambles jets for Chinese bombers -- Sydney Morning Herald

UAC: Next-Gen MiG-35 Fighter Jet Commences Flight Tests (VIDEO) -- Sputnik

Russia Just Fired a Missile Further Than Anyone Before and No One Noticed -- Newsweek

US Media "Uncovers" Secretive Russian S-500 Anti-Air Missile Tests -- Sputnik

Here's What We Know About Russia's Hypersonic Waverider Weapon -- Live Science

Why the US should care about Russia’s robot biathlon -- C4ISRNet

Lasers are helping the Afghan Air Force strike the Taliban -- Defense News

Strange notches on the F-35 raise questions about its first tastes of combat with Israel's air force -- Business Insider

Israel just showed that the F-35 can fight. So what’s next? -- Defense News

Norway worried by intensified Russian naval activity -- Reuters

Canadian military looks at foreign recruits to boost ranks -- CBC

MI6 airs TV ads to recruit more women and ethnic minorities -- BBC

Pentagon Is Speeding Up Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia, Other Allies -- Government Executive

Pentagon Moving to Expedite Weapons Exports to Allied Nations -- National Defense

Lockheed to provide ballistic tracking radar to U.S., foreign countries -- UPI

This is the scope chosen for the newest Marine Corps sniper rifle -- Marine Times

House easily approves defense bill with new nukes, cuts to Pentagon bureaucracy -- Politico

Why the Pentagon Thinks Small Satellites Can Solve Big Problems -- Popular Mechanics

US Army leaders need more payoff from cyber -- Fifth Domain

‘Ender’s Game’ meets Air Force? The service is working on a video game to find potential recruits -- Air Force Times

Tech-Pentagon tension probably isn’t going away anytime soon -- Fast Company

Navy fires CO of destroyer Hopper, the fourth reported command firing in May -- Navy Times

'Outmanned, Outgunned and Fighting:' SEAL Receives Medal of Honor -- Military.com

Trump awards Medal of Honor to Navy SEAL for controversial mission in Afghanistan -- FOX News

There are 3,142 counties in the US. This one has zero veterans. -- Military Times