8/14/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
08.14.2026 at 10:28pm
Access National Security News HERE.
National Security News:
1. See the Battlefield Innovations Reshaping the Russia-Ukraine War
2. Opinion | Washington’s Four Wrong Assumptions About the Iran War
3. U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal
4. Concerns Grow Over Conditions on Navy Carrier
5. ‘The Change Is Remarkable’: Ukrainian Drone Crews Destroyed American Armor So Fast In a Drill That Controllers Had to ‘Respawn’ the Dead Units to Continue
6. Iran War Exposes U.S. Vulnerabilities
7. The Pentagon is waging a war on critical thinking
8. Why Hackers Keep Going After U.S. Water Supplies
9. Colby: Silence on Chinese aggression is a new strategy based on war fears
10. Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers
11. China This Week: Governance Signals That Matter
12. The Long Shadow of the Iran Shock
13. How an icy shipping route at the top of the world is bringing China and Russia together
14. Why There Might Be No Nuclear Plenty – Lessons From Iran and Ukraine
15. Drones Are Widening the Jungle Fight
16. Securing Critical Undersea Infrastructure in the New Age of Geopolitical Competition
17. Joe Stradinger on Narrative Intelligence: How Adversaries Weaponize Stories
18. Select Committee Investigation: Exposing CCP Influence at Harvard University
19. Borrow What Works: The Case for Army Adoption of Ukraine’s Combat-Tested Horizontal Kill Web Architecture
20. Drones Have Changed the Battlefield—They Have Not Solved the Command Problem
21. Cheap Drones, Dry Taps: The Iran War Opens a New Era of Water Infrastructure Risk
22. AI in Cyber Conflict: Short-term Offensive Opportunities, Long-term Defensive Advantage
23. Pentagon Policy Chief Reassures Indo-Pacific Allies but Neglects Korea Ahead of Joint War Games
Korean News:
1. N. Korea’s Kim could seek renewed summitry with Trump after U.S. midterm elections: expert
2. Retired Colonel Reveals Secret U.S.-South Korea Plan B for Kaesong Occupation
3. North Korea warns of ‘overwhelming’ response to U.S.-South Korea drills
4. N. Korea again skips missile launch report
5. North Korea warns of ‘new level’ of measures ahead of US-ROK military drills
6. Ex-Chinese military men accused of espionage activities near US bases in South Korea, police say
7. UNC not to proceed with plan for security brigade after talks with S. Korea: defense minister
8. North Korea quietly mobilizes thousands to huge new Pyongyang construction site
9. Trump signs memo permitting foreign shipbuilders to build up to 2 U.S. ships in their shipyards
10. Iran’s Missile Forces Have North Korean ‘DNA’
11. Why Kim and Trump should meet
12. North Korea Targets Japan as Regional Military Tensions Rise
13. Lee reiterates support for four-year, two-term presidential system
14. Editorial: Ukraine’s Drone Humiliation of U.S., North Korea’s 50,000 Troops, South Korea Refuses Observation
15. U.S. Tariff Threat Over Investments Prompts South Korea Emergency Meeting
