2/29/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News Content:
1. Choreographing Influence: Expanding and Integrating Special Warfare
2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2024
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, February 28, 2024
4. Hamas Is Losing Every Battle in Gaza. It Still Thinks It Could Win the War.
5. Russia seizes more villages in Ukraine, raising fears of growing momentum
6. Joint exercises, industry, and innovation would take a hit under full-year CR, defense officials say
7. Some U.S. military aid is still trickling into Ukraine via arms dealers, contracts suggest
8. How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?
9. Putin warns West of risk of nuclear war, says Moscow can strike Western targets
10. The CIA’s Top Secret Chimera Program or “C Cell” to Its Paramilitary Operatives
11. Army has funneled $500M from forces in Europe and Africa to train Ukrainian troops, Wormuth says
12. China grows domestic bio weapons tech industry
13. A U.S. Hostage Rescue Operation in Gaza Should Not Be off the Table
14. Red Dragon Rising? Insights from a Decade of China Conflict Studies and Wargames
15. Myanmar Generals’ nuclear dreams are Asian crime bosses’ hope to defend their last citadel
16. Retired Air Force general walks red carpet as host of ‘Defending Japan’ on History Channel
17. SOCOM grants contract for new jammer-proof BlackWave radio system
18. Sweden charges a man for mapping military installations
19. Train, Harden, Sustain: Maintaining the Army’s Lethality in the Nuclear Shadow
20. Dry Pipes, Liberated Water, and Struggles for Legitimacy: A Lesser-Known Story of the United States in Cuba
21. Ukrainian Civilians Are Pioneering the Art of Resistance
22. Army Force Structure Transformation
Korean News Content:
1. U.S. SOCKOR hosts multinational special operations forum
2. US, South Korea planning major military exercises amid tensions with North Korea
3. John Batchelor Show: #NORTHKOREA: Cuba shakes hands with Seoul.
4. Russia hails Pyongyang for supporting its war against Ukraine
5. Deterrents to a Hamas-style North Korea border raid
6. Illegal nighttime markets pop up in North Korea
7. South Korea-ASEAN Cooperation: Current Issues and Future Prospects
8. Defense chief, NATO’s top commander agree to expand defense cooperation
9. White House refuses to comment on whether S. Korea should send artillery shells to Ukraine
10. Japan warns of malicious PyPi packages created by North Korean hackers
11. Possible radiation exposure suspected among some N. Korea defectors
12. North Korea’s first spy satellite is ‘alive’, can manoeuvre, expert says
13. The Hereditary Dictatorships of North Korea, Cambodia Have Shared Soviet Roots
14. NIS: ‘N. Korea utilizes AI to spread false news ahead of S. Korean general elections’