Thursday, January 7, 2016

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 7, 2016



Ryan Faith, VICE News: Yes, North Korea Probably Tested an H-Bomb — Just Not the Kind You’re Thinking Of

The rumbling started early Wednesday morning when a small earthquake was detected near a known nuclear test site in North Korea. Not long after, North Korean state media broadcast the announcement that the country had successfully tested a small hydrogen bomb. The alarming headlines that followed could mostly be divided into two categories: The North Koreans are delusional and there's no way they have H-bombs, or we're all gonna die.

Here are the facts as we now know them: North Korean state media has insisted that the test was of a hydrogen bomb, and monitoring stations around world picked up seismic activity consistent with a small-yield nuclear test coming from an area where the North Koreans have done all their previous nuclear bomb testing.

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 7, 2016

Monitors Will Determine if North Korea's Nuke Blast Was an H-Bomb -- USA Today

Pentagon chief, South Korean counterpart huddle over nuclear test -- The Hlll

Fusion or Fission: What To Do About NK’s Bomb? -- Aaron Mehta and Wendell Minnick, Defense News

After North Korea's nuke test, 25,000 U.S. troops wait to see what happens next -- Military Times

Washington, Seoul Discuss Deployment of Nuke Sub, F-22 and B-52 to S Korea -- Sputnik

Pentagon chief confident in Afghan strategy despite latest fatality -- The Hill

GEN Keane on Afghanistan: Security Situation Deteriorating -- The Cipher Brief

Afghan War Returns to Blood and Shadows -- Nancy Youseff, Daily Beast

Universal Soldiers: Combat Robots to Join Russian Army in 2016 -- Sputnik

Russian military in past year trace about 40 missile launches -- TASS

Officials Confirm Construction of First Domestic Chinese Aircraft Carrier -- USNI News

China’s Non-Kinetic 'Three Warfares' Against America -- Peter Navarro, National Interest

Sleepless in Seattle: Chinese Nukes At Sea -- Peter Navarro, RCD

Indonesia, S. Korea sign $1.3B fighter jet development deal -- AFP

Saudi Arabia will give $22 billion to Morocco to improve its military industry -- New Europe

Canada Going Ahead With Massive Saudi Arms Deal Despite Executions Row -- Sputnik

Britain’s Daring Defense Review -- Daniel Keohane, Carnegie Europe

Amid Russian Tensions, NATO Scrambled Jets 160 Times In 2015, Lithuania Says -- IBTimes

Video: Sentinelle, the military operation guarding Paris -- France 24

U.S. officials look toward Russia while investigating cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid - report -- Washington Times

Experts Think They’ve Found The First International Cyberattack To Cause A Blackout -- Buzz Feed

US Joint Chiefs Head in Ankara to Discuss ISIS, Sectarian Tensions -- Defense News

SECDEF Carter Clarifies South China Sea Freedom of Navigation Operation in Letter to McCain -- USNI News

Report: Special Operations Head Next CENTCOM Chief -- Defense News

Marine Corps boot camp, job titles to be gender neutral by April -- Marine Times

Army submits plan for women in infantry, armor, special operations -- Military Times

Female Army vet leads 'dream team' to fight ISIS in Iraq -- Army Times

Military suicides increase in 2015 -- Washington Examiner

Military considering upgrades to Medals of Honor -- CNN

Pentagon may upgrade hundreds of troops to possible Medals of Honor -- USA Today

DoD rejects 'Nintendo medal' for drone pilots and cyber warriors -- Military Times

LCS: No Way to Run a Multi-Billion Dollar Acquisition Program -- Daniel Gouré, Lexington Institute

Do U.S. military commands really need reorganizing? -- Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings

SECDEF Carter’s Plan to Trim U.S. Navy Fleet Size is Dangerous -- Steve Cohen, USNI News

America Must Build More Icebreakers or We’ll Lose the Battle for the Arctic -- Wired

This small airstrip is the future of America’s way of war -- Joseph Trevithick, Reuters

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