Small Wars Journal

10/5/23 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 9:53am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Special Forces vs special operations forces — what's the difference?
2. Mark Milley: Constitutional Hero or Military Rogue?
3. A Bold Challenge to Chinese Aggression Succeeded. What Does That Mean?
4. Patriot missile plan stirs debate in Palau
5. AI’s Present Matters More Than Its Imagined Future
6. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 4, 2023
7. U.S. Weaves Web of Intelligence Partnerships Across Asia to Counter China
8. US provocatively points new nuke-tipped missile at China
9. US making 'third neighbor' moves on Mongolia
10. US tightens intelligence links with Asia to combat Chinese cyberattacks
11. The Australian Army and the transformation of US land forces in the Indo-Pacific
12. How China is fighting in the grey zone against Taiwan
13. Welcome to the ‘unhinged’ global order
14. Old Lessons for New Maritime Statecraft
15. March of the Four–Stars: The Role of Retired Generals and Admirals in the Arms Industry
16. The U.S. Military and Its Future: Size the Force to Match the Nation’s Willingness to Provide Servicemen
17. THE INVASION OF UKRAINE REVIVED NATO. IS IT ENOUGH?
18. Ukraine develops 'invisibility cloak' to protect soldiers from thermal imagery
19. Law as Force in Hybrid Warfare
20. A Wartime Election in Ukraine? It’s a Political Hot Potato.
21. Marine Officer explains why Gen Z won't join the military

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korea, U.S. closely monitoring N. Korea for signs of nuclear reactor halt
2. S. Korea stresses compliance with UNSC resolutions after report on suspicious N.K. tanker
3. S. Korea in final stages to acquire homegrown anthrax vaccine
4. <Inside N. Korea>The government starts claiming that “suicide is an anti-state, traitorous act…”
5. S. Korea keeping close tabs on 'high-risk' N.K. defectors
6. Pro-N. Korea paper touts Pyongyang's nuclear force-building policy in constitution
7. North Korea halts nuclear reactor, likely to extract bomb fuel - report
8. Seoul, Tokyo reopen strategic diplomatic channels amid nuke threats
9. N. Korea's derogatory labeling of S. Korea as 'puppet' shows lack of confidence: official
10. Yongbyon nuclear reactor could yield weapon-grade plutonium
11. N. Korea's capricious actions at Asian Games are not surprise
12. Rights watchdog chief calls for active UN involvement in saving NK refugees
13. Seoul urged to pursue two-track approach with Pyongyang
14. Perpetuating division (Korea)
15. US public support for defending South Korea wanes, survey finds
16. Images of hard times long ago (Korea)
17. North Ko-beer! The Wiltshire brewery bought for £1.5 million in 2000 and shipped piece by piece to Pyongyang is hailed by Kim Jong Un's regime 'for contributing to national economic development'