4/17/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
04.17.2026 at 05:10pm
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National Security News:
1. America’s Unsettled Grand Strategy
2. Trump’s widespread use of military goes far beyond Iran: ‘Death by a thousand cuts’ in terms of readiness
3. Cognitive Warfare: A Primer
4. Targeting Decisions: A Simpler Framework for Information Warfare
5. Administrative Terrain and the Operational Role of SOF in Modern Irregular Warfare
6. Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon’s growing reliance on SpaceX
7. The Future of Armored Warfare in the Drone Era; Adapting to a Battlefield That Now Sees Everything
8. A Chinese Spy Might Have Forced a Change in New B-21 Raider Bomber the U.S. Air Force Is Testing
9. An Opportunity or an Illusion? The Iran War and China’s Taiwan Calculus
10. House Rejects Compromise Surveillance Bill, Forcing Short-Term FISA Extension
11. The Push for Israel-Lebanon Peace Risks a New Confrontation With Hezbollah
12. White House finally breaks silence on 10 missing scientists
13. US has turned back 13 ships in blockade of Iran, Joint Chiefs chairman says
14. New test range opens for the startup-war era
15. ‘Best drone’ innovation winner developing enemy drone recovery system with the Army Research Lab
16. China This Week: Strategic Moves and Messaging
17. The Army Secretary and Members of Congress Embrace a Military Leader Hegseth Pushed Out
Korean News:
1. North Korea first — before Palestine
2. The ‘blessing’ of blood and the system behind ‘gratitude and joy’
3. Korean unification and human rights: old, new challenges
4. OP-ED: Korean American nominee for U.S. envoy to S. Korea draws attention
5. South Korea to develop anti-drone defense strategy
6. Lee hails S. Korean oil tanker exiting Red Sea
7. Remains of teen U.S. soldier who told his mother “no tears” identified 75 years after vanishing in Korea
8. Seoul says explained to U.S. background of minister’s remarks on N. Korea’s Kusong nuclear facility
9. US limits intel sharing after Seoul disclosure
10. A costly intel slip tests alliance trust
11. As World Looks at Iran, North Korea Accelerates Its Nuclear-Weapons Program
12. North Korea’s Kim ramps up show of force as US war on Iran raises stakes
13. Trump’s North Korea paradox needs an urgent reality check
14.North Korea: The next Armageddon?
15. North Korea Tests New Theater Launch Platforms as Party Congress Continues Nuclear/Missile Buildup
16. North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification
17. ＜Inside N. Korea＞ A Month and a Half Since Iran’s Supreme Leader Was Killed… “Ordinary People and Officials Still Know Nothing” —Anti-American Alliance and Nuclear Possession Actively Promoted
18. ‘Beef’ With Billionaires: Everything You Need to Know About South Korean Chaebols
