Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 23, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Reuters / KCNA

Business Insider: Kim Jong Un is said to be worried about North Korea falling to a military coup while he's rubbing shoulders with Trump in Singapore

* North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly anxious about his summit with President Donald Trump set to take place in Singapore next month.
* Kim is said to be worried about a military coup or other hostile actors who might try to depose him while he's away.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is said to be anxious about his summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore next month.

Citing sources familiar with the preparations, The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Kim was less concerned about meeting Trump than he was about what might happen at home in Pyongyang while he's gone.

Kim is apparently concerned that the trip to Singapore may leave his government vulnerable to a military coup or that other hostile actors might try to depose him, sources told The Post. The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea since the country's inception following the armistice in 1953.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- May 23, 2018

‘North Korea Is A Cyber Super Power:’ Former ROK Commander -- Breaking Defense

China Reveals Advanced Military Stealth Tests For First Time Ever, Joining U.S. and Russia -- Newsweek

China’s stealth tests may make its older fighters hard to spot -- Asia Times

China 'successfully' tests radar cross section for fighter jets -- UPI

China disinvited from major U.S. military exercise: Pentagon -- Reuters

China’s military top brass gather to hone modern warfare preparations -- SCMP

Taiwan Now Has a Plan to Save Its Best Submarines (That Are 30 Years Old) -- National Interest

Top air force officer to Syria: Don’t attack us, we won’t attack you -- TOI

How Russia Plans to Kill the Air Force's F-22 and F-35 in a War -- National Interest

NATO Chief Worried About Fissures Between United States and Europe -- Foreign Policy

British defense chief puts a price tag on US military alliance -- Defense News

German Navy leans heavy on simulation pilot training -- Defense News

Austria and Germany Need to Rethink Their National Security Strategies -- Franz-Stefan Gady, National Interest

Why are US drones being based in Greece for the first time? -- Defense News

Ukraine tests U.S. missile systems for first time -- Reuters

US Army flows fresh tanks, troops into Europe -- Defense News

The Big Six: Milley Says What Army Needs, Esper Says How To Get It -- Breaking Defense

Congress reviewing sale of precision munitions to Saudis, UAE: sources -- Reuters

Pentagon assessing potential responses to Iranian behavior -- Reuters

House rejects limit on new nuclear warhead -- Defense News

Democrats fight Pentagon’s push for battlefield nukes -- Defense News

Air Force maps two-fold future plan for the B-1 bomber -- FOX News/Warrior Maven

The Navy’s F-35 Flight Range Is Dangerously Low, Congressional Report Says -- Task & Purpose

Why the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier was forced back into port -- Navy Times

U.S. Military Is Running Out of Bombs and a China Trade War Could Make Them Harder to Get -- Newsweek

Army contracts with four companies for aerial target systems work -- UPI

Air Force T-38C Talon Jet Trainer Crashes in Mississippi -- Warzone/The Drive

Air Force Commander Fired After Grenades, Machine Gun Go Missing -- Military.com

The Navy dropped a homicide charge against the former McCain CO and no one’s sure why -- Navy Times

Are shoulder-fired weapons causing traumatic brain injuries? How the Army plans to find out -- Army Times

New Pentagon rules will limit some cellphone use -- Military Times

Time to Counter China and Rebuild the US Navy? -- The Diplomat