A United States-South Korea joint live-fire military exercise in April. Analysts say it could take American and South Korean forces three to four days to overwhelm North Korea’s artillery. Credit Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
New York Times: In North Korea, ‘Surgical Strike’ Could Spin Into ‘Worst Kind of Fighting’
SEOUL, South Korea — The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program has long been shaped by the view that the United States has no viable military option to destroy it. Any attempt to do so, many say, would provoke a brutal counterattack against South Korea too bloody and damaging to risk.
That remains a major constraint on the Trump administration’s response even as North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, approaches his goal of a nuclear arsenal capable of striking the United States. On Tuesday, the North appeared to cross a new threshold, testing a weapon that it described as an intercontinental ballistic missile and that analysts said could potentially hit Alaska.
Over the years, as it does for potential crises around the world, the Pentagon has drafted and refined multiple war plans, including an enormous retaliatory invasion and limited pre-emptive attacks, and it holds annual military exercises with South Korean forces based on them.
But the military options are more grim than ever.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 5, 2017
U.S. Army and South Korean military respond to North Korea’s launch with missile exercise -- Washington Post
US struggling to deal a blow to North Korean missile program -- Nikkei Asian Review
A look at the US defense capabilities to handle threat of North Korean missile -- ABC News
US, South Korea conduct exercise in response to North Korea missile launch -- CNN
N. Korea's ICBM test could add to calls for pre-emptive strike: U.S. expert -- Yonhap News Agency
Former acting CIA chief: 'No good option' for dealing with North Korea -- The Hill
U.S. Drone Project Could Change Asian Warfare Forever -- The Diplomat
Why Chinese submarines could soon be quieter than US ones -- SCMP
S. Korea's top diplomat calls for increased cooperation with India on security issues -- Yonhap News Agency
Turkey's increasing reliance on drone systems -- Defense News
Six members of the Canadian military are under fire for this alt-right protest -- VICE News
NATO military head warns Russia threat is growing -- The Hill
Russia Military Power report reveals what US is really worried about -- News.com.au
Amid possible surge, Marines help Afghans 'shape the battlefield' -- Marine Times
US Senators: Military Surge Alone Will Not Win Afghan War -- VOA
US Senators Spend Independence Day with Troops in Afghanistan -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
US Soldier dead after attack in Afghanistan - Pentagon -- Daily Mail/Reuters
Pentagon Considers Canceling Program That Recruits Immigrant Soldiers -- NPR
How the U.S. Air Force Is Planning to Use the F-35 to Fight China's J-20 and Russia's PAK-FA -- National Interest
Why It's Time for the Carrier Battle Group -- James Holmes, National Interest
Army C-RAM Forward Operating Base Defense Will Destroy Drones -- Scout Warrior
Cyber Flag exclusive: What Cyber Command learns from the annual exercise -- C4ISRNet
Pentagon withholding nuclear weapons inspection results: report -- The Hill
Wind farms jeopardize military flight training, agency chief says -- Tulsa World
New Army Training Tells Female Soldiers To ‘Accept’ Naked Men In Their Showers -- New Federalist
A former British Special Forces Operator explains why your biggest strength in the military can be your biggest weakness when leaving -- Business Insider
It’s time for the NSA to speak up about its stolen cyber weapons -- Charlie May, Salon
The Coming Laser Wars? -- Sebastien Roblin, National Interest
How The U.S. Military Can Stay Ahead Of Russia And China .... With Robots -- Daniel Malloy, OXY
'Top Gun,' Tom Cruise to return to the big screen in 2019 -- Navy Times
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