A view of the newly-developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15 is seen in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 30, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA
John Mecklin, Reuters: Can Congress stop a president waging nuclear war?
From the beginnings of the 2016 general election through the presidential debates and on to his “fire and fury” comments on North Korea this summer, the prospect of a president as impulsive as Donald Trump in command of nuclear weapons has worried experts in both parties and career military and government officials. This week’s North Korean test of a missile that might be able to reach the entire U.S. mainland with a nuclear warhead — and Trump’s initial response that “we will take care of it” — can hardly be expected to diminish the anxiety.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 1, 2017
South says North Korea's latest missile test is bigger threat -- DW
Nuclear tests or corn harvests? Making sense of North Korea satellite imagery -- C4ISRNet
The History of North Korea's Arsenal -- Stratfor
Mattis: Diplomacy hasn’t failed with North Korea -- Military Times
New S-400 missile battalion to beef up Moscow air defense -- TASS
Russia Assessing Possible Outcome of North Korea Military Option -- Sputnik
Russia already preparing military withdrawal from Syria: agencies -- Reuters
High-Technology Set to Dominate Russia’s Rearmament Program -- RCD
Chinese Navy Commissions Submarine-Hunting Warships -- Sputnik
China’s Navy Inducts 2 More Sub Killer Stealth Warships -- Franz-Stefan Gady, Diplomat
Mnangagwa Always Pays His Debts: Anti-Mugabe Generals Given Top Gov't Jobs -- Sputnik
The Future of Incirlik Air Base -- Joseph Hammond, RCD
NATO is considering playing 'offensive defense' with its cyber-warfare rules -- Business Insider/Reuters
Hero U.K. military dogs who saved thousands of lives face death row -- The Telegraph
Strange 'booms' around the world continue: Loud explosions heard in Arizona may have been caused by training at a nearby Air Force Base -- Daily Mail
U.S. military to indefinitely delay ban on cluster bombs -- Reuters
More Than 1K US Troops to Join Afghans on Offense: Nicholson -- DoD Buzz
400 US Marines leaving Syria -- The Hill
With Victory Declared in Raqqa, Marine Artillery Unit in Syria to Return Home -- DoD Buzz
US military is granted authority to arm its drones in Niger -- CNN
MQ-9 Reapers Heading to Florida as Air Force Expands Drone Fleet -- Defense Tech
US nuclear stockpile is world's second largest -- Al Jazeera
US Military Stretched Thin in 50 African Nations -- Observer
The USAF Is Rebuilding World War II-Era 40mm Shells for its AC-130U Gunships -- The Warzone
Air Force Eyes Next-Gen Electronic Warfare -- Defense Tech
U.S. Military Now Using Freeze-Dried Plasma To Stop Solders Bleeding To Death On The Battlefield -- Newsweek
Mattis: There's 'nothing' to reports of Tillerson leaving -- The Hill
2-star responds to anonymous email blasting watered-down Special Forces training standards -- Army Times
Erik Prince testifies before House Intelligence Committee -- The Hill
Top Dem: Why are we conducting more military ops with less White House oversight? -- Defense News
Former U.S. Marine jailed for raping and murdering woman on Japanese island of Okinawa -- USA Today
Marines looking at untapped market for new recruits: Germany -- Marine Times
Turning a huge military plane into an underwater reef -- Quartz
The Army has a more optimistic view of AI than Elon Musk -- C4ISRNet
