6/25/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
06.25.2026 at 06:05pm
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National Security News:
1. Ukraine’s Most Potent Weapon Is the Soldiers Who Refuse to Quit
2. The Teenage Soldier Who Revealed How the Patriots Really Won the War
3. House appropriators approve $1T defense bill, adopt ‘War Department’ renaming
4. China studied US stealth aircraft — and learned the wrong lessons
5. NECESSITY, NOT PREFERENCE: WHY MILITARY STRATEGY TRANSCENDS CULTURE
6. AI is meant to speed up ‘kill chain,’ not control it, commanders say
7. Lesson Learned From Iran War: Reduce Reliance on Strait of Hormuz
8. Ukraine’s New Air-Power Paradigm
9. Opinion | Don’t Help Iran Prop Up Hezbollah
10. Israel Says It Has Trapped Hezbollah Fighters in an Underground Complex
11. Oil Retreats to Prewar Levels as Gulf Flows Through Hormuz Pick Up
12. Anthropic Claims Alibaba Ran ‘Brazen’ Campaign to Access Its Claude AI Model
13. China’s De-Dollarization Drive Has Hit a Wall
14. Heartland vs. Rimland: The Battle Lines in the War for the Next Global Order
15. The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
16. Iran Didn’t Win the War: Tehran Is Still Losing the Long Game
17. The Next Russia Threat: Moscow’s Military Power After Ukraine
18. The Code War: A Race to What End?
19. Trump deal gives Iran 100s of billions more than Obama’s nuclear pact he slammed, in return for far less
20. Homo Post Machina: How AI and Decision Analytics Can Revolutionize Leader Performance for the Future Force
21. Lawyers, Guns and Money: Comparing the MoU with the JCPOA | BBC
22. The U.S. Navy’s Subsea Rare Earth Vulnerability
23. Just How Much is Too Much? The Defense Spending Dilemma
Korean News:
1. On this day in Korea – June 25, 1950: Korean War breaks out
2. Heartland vs. Rimland: The Battle Lines in the War for the Next Global Order
3. Six nations discuss Korean unification at Mongolia forum
4. Mongolia can do more than mediate in bringing peace to Korean Peninsula: ex-PM
5. North Korea Deploys Its First Destroyer, Vowing to Project Nuclear Power by Sea
6. Experts call for N. Korea strategy rooted in nuclear reality
7. N. Korea again claims U.S. started Korean War under ‘well-crafted’ script
8. Unification minister renews call for multilateral dialogue to foster peace on Korean Peninsula
9. President Donald Trump Extends National Emergency on North Korea
10. Editorial: Korean War Speech Omits North Korea, United States
11. PM nominee calls N. Korea ‘threat, compatriot’
12. North Korea steps up rhetoric against South, U.S. on Korean War anniversary
13. New activity detected at North Korean military parade base: satellite imagery
14. North Korea’s abductions are ‘state-sponsored kidnapping,’ US ambassador says
15. Why Did Every Starbucks Barista in Korea Have to Take a History Lesson?
