Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- June 1, 2020

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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