8/10/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.10.2026 at 09:16pm
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National Security News:
1. Opinion | America’s Military Is Dangerously Exposed
2. The Iran War and the Art of Storytelling
3. Why Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise
4. The Munitions Reckoning: What the Iran War Reveals About a Decades-Old Problem | AEI + CSIS
5. Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans.
6. Opinion | China Presses a Weakness in America’s Tech Policy
7. Taiwan Places Bets on Sea Drones
8. SOF Weekly Brief – August 10, 2026
9. In China, ‘Moles’ Are Leaking Official Secrets for Profit
10. Iran Insists Strait Will Stay Closed Until U.S. Agrees to Demands
11. Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills 13 Deep Inside Russia
12. Irregular Warfare Is Not A Thing
13. God From the Machine: AI and the Future of Humanity
14. The drone age demands a new theory of military protection
15. How to Counter China’s Weaponization of US Food Security
Korean News:
1. Opinion | America’s Military Is Dangerously Exposed
2. U.S., South Korea to launch major joint military exercise Aug. 17
3. U.S. Patriot shortage raises air-defense concerns in South Korea
4. Korean special forces train with Royal Marines in UK first
5. Why China Worries About North Korea: Beijing’s Plans to Manage an Assertive Pyongyang
6. Why Are South Korea and the US Holding New Military Drills?
7. Unification Minister walks back push to call North Korea by its official name
8. North Korea restarts east coast naval base project for new warships, submarines
9. Kim Ju-ae’s Central Role Signals North Korea’s Hereditary Succession
10. Why 86 percent of South Koreans see China as a threat despite diplomacy and partisan divides
11. Rushing Opcon transfer while scaling back joint drills
12. Seoul cautious about Ukraine’s defense request amid claims more N. Korean troops being sent to Russia
13. Koreans, Japanese lose faith in ‘America First’ U.S.
