5/12/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
05.12.2026 at 05:23pm
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National Security News:
1. China Is Squandering a Golden Opportunity: Why Beijing Has Failed to Exploit Trump’s Missteps
2. The U.A.E. Has Been Secretly Carrying Out Attacks on Iran
3. Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations
4. U.S. and Iran Are Locked in a Stalemate That’s Neither Peace Nor War
5. China Believes America Will Flame Out
6. One Child, One Soldier (PLA) by Mick Ryan
7. I Ran the N.S.A. This Is How to Defeat China’s Hacker Army.
8. China vs. God
9. Putin is down. This is the time to start kicking him
10. Planning endgames in Iran, Ukraine and Taiwan must start now
11. The U.S. Military Needs Another Revolution
12. I helped build the Pentagon’s AI transformation. Corporate America is making every mistake we almost made
13. Bring Irregular Warfare to the Conventional Forces – SOAA
14. Assessing Russian Network Warfare Through the Lens of the Ukraine Conflict
15. Modeling the Lethality of Small Attack Drones and Loitering Munitions
16. Could military AI use be on the agenda when Chinese and US leaders meet?
17. Part 1: The U.S. Munitions Problem
18. Tuapse: Ukraine Continues to Take the Drone War to Russia
19. Mercenaries, Private Security, and the Civilian Cost of Outsourced Coercion Why States Love Outsourced Coercion (And Why It Fails Civilians)
20. The Other Border Problem: How Russia and China’s Lawfare Threaten the Arctic
21. US negotiating establishment of new bases in Greenland in high level talks with Denmark – report
22. Air Force MQ-9 downs aerial targets with cheap air-to-air missiles
23. We Have a Shipbuilding Plan
24. Army Paratroopers Integrate Drones, Night Operations in Historic Company Live Fire
25. Foreign black ops member reveals the secret American unit he loved working with in combat
Korean News:
1. North Korea: time for a major policy reset
2. Why North Korean escapees are denied recognition as ‘real victims’
3. Readout of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Ahn Gyu-back
4. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Hosted Bilateral Meeting With the Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Ahn Gyu-back at the Pentagon
5. The Iran War Made the North Korea Problem Worse
6. S. Korea to use gov’t funds to support cheering squads for N. Korean football team visit
7. North Korean military base located after recent Kim Jong Un visit
8. A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea
9. Korea pushes OPCON transfer as US presses for expanded alliance role
10. S. Korea, US defense chiefs step up coordination on OPCON, alliance modernization
11. Defense chiefs of Korea, U.S. discuss ‘areas of mutual security interest’ amid differences in priorities
12. UK sanctions North Korean Songdowon camp over indoctrination of Ukrainian youth
13. Calls Grow in Washington for Justice and Accountability Over North Korean Abductions
14. Seoul unveils controversial $15 million Korean War memorial in city center
15. Why is Korea so cautious about pointing finger at Iran?
