FOX News: Minnesota using 'intelligence support' from US military amid riots
Minnesota's governor said Saturday the state is using “intelligence support” from the U.S. military to push back against the alleged organizers of riots that have occurred in the state in response to the death of George Floyd.
Gov. Tim Walz said the Pentagon was providing “intelligence support of what they're seeing, what they're signal intercepting, they have obviously from NSA and others massive support to be able to see who these operators are.”
The specific reference to National Security Agency help, however, was apparently an error. His office reportedly clarified afterward that the NSA, which is a foreign intelligence agency, was not involved and the governor misspoke.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 22, 2020
Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States -- The Nation
Some 62,000 National Guard troops mobilized in coronavirus fight, George Floyd unrest -- FOX News
F-35 costs falling, Pentagon estimates indicate -- UPI
To compete with China, an internal Pentagon study looks to pour money into robot submarines -- Defense News
The Navy’s “Light Amphibious Warship” Will Sink Without Better Justification -- Forbes
USS Zumwalt Test-Fires its 30mm Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System for the 1st Time -- Naval News
HII Lifts 320-Ton Aft Deckhouse onto 1st DDG 51 Flight III Destroyer -- Naval News
Kenneth Braithwaite sworn in as Secretary of the Navy -- UPI
The Marine Corps is finally getting its first new pistol since 1985 -- Business Insider/Task & Purpose
Protecting the future of the special operations forces enterprise -- Michael T. Hall, Military Times
Special Operations Command wants to put all mission data in a single pane of glass -- C4ISRNet
Starship Troopers: US Space Force Sets Up Space Warfighting Class to Train 'Ready And Lethal' Cadres -- Sputnik
U.S. Space Force to expand presence inside the Pentagon -- Space News
Pentagon to open Nellis Air Force Base for 5G testing -- C4ISRNet
U.S. discussed conducting its first nuclear test in decades, Washington Post reports -- Reuters
Trilateral Nuke Talks Shouldn't Derail Northrop Grumman ICBM Payday -- Motley fool
Gen. Sean Gainey, Joint Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems Office commander, leads U.S. drone defense -- Washington Times
Pentagon Begins Testing Troops for COVID-19 Antibodies, Despite CDC Warnings -- Military.com
At least 16 West Point cadets test COVID-19 positive before grad speech by President Trump -- USA Today
‘Big Lesson Learned’: Pentagon Reconsidering Military Response to Second COVID-19 Wave -- Sputnik
The Pentagon has spent 23% of its COVID-19 response funds. Congress is asking why not more. -- Defense News
Pentagon moves to provide additional military aid to Ukraine, citing progress on reforms -- CNN
State Department approves $425M deal for work on Kuwait's Patriot missiles -- UPI
Four U.S. combatant commands, NORAD conduct homeland defense exercise -- UPI
NATO allies alarmed, annoyed by US Open Skies exit -- DW
NATO to discuss Open Skies treaty after U.S. announces withdrawal -- Reuters
Russia’s General Staff views NATO drills in Barents Sea as provocation -- TASS
Russia Records High Level of US Military Activity Near Country's Borders, General Staff Says -- Sputnik
Stealth flying wing: Russia’s next-gen STRATEGIC BOMBER already in the works -- RT
Crew killed in SECOND Russian military Mi-8 helicopter crash-landing within week -- RT
Why are Russia’s Most Advanced Warships Deployed in the Arctic? -- Sputnik
Report of Chinese scramjet test a challenge to most-advanced missile defence systems -- SCMP
China plans to deploy two aircraft carriers off Taiwan for war games to stoke tensions with Washington as Beijing warns of a 'new Cold War' amid virus blame game -- Daily Mail
China’s first home-grown aircraft carrier the Shandong begins sea trials -- SCMP
PLA expands high-altitude arsenal to address border threat from India -- Global Times
Taiwan set to commission its largest patrol ship to strengthen South China Sea claims -- SCMP
Germany to reintroduce military rabbis for the first time since 1930s -- CNN
They Can't Scare Us: 'Egypt Won't Withdraw Plans to Buy Russian Su-35 Jets' as US Pressure Mounts -- Sputnik
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