10/4/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out (Dan Driscoll)
2. The Latest Battlefield Essential for U.S. Soldiers: Smartphones
3. Fighting with Data: Design Implications for AI-Enabled Mission-Command Systems
4. In Ukraine, data centers ‘facing increased attacks’ in recent weeks: Ex-official
5. Oil Was Pouring Through the Strait of Hormuz Again. Then Attacks on Shipping Resurged.
6. AI apocalypse: What happens to London if the bots take over?
7. Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ after calls for AI slowdown
8. Hayek answered the AI control question in 1945
9. Pete Hegseth address takeaways: New Pentagon command, initiatives
10. Hegseth announces 5 new non-Ivy League partnerships
11. Senators give cold shoulder to Hegseth plan to cut admirals, generals
12. Army to establish new autonomy command, acquisition executive
13. War Plan Taiwan – OPLAN 5077 and the U.S. Struggle for the Pacific
14. Operation Vivaldi: the four seasons by Sir Lawrence Freedman
15. ‘Send me’ – 33 years after the Battle of Mogadishu
16. SAS killed two of the gang who murdered Red Caps in Iraq
17. OSS Det 101—The Dawn of Special Forces
Korean News:
1. North Korea claims it has developed ‘AI-piloted’ missiles
2. North Korea says hypersonic missile flew 1,000km, exceeding Seoul, Tokyo reports
3. Cheong Wa Dae holds emergency security meeting on N. Korea’s missile launch
4. N. Korea’s Kim oversees hypersonic missile launch, calls for bolstering war deterrent
5. Lee calls for breaking off from ‘vicious cycle of hostility’ for peace
6. Pak Hui Chol graft case sets off purge of N. Korean military political officers
7. Can South Korea stay out of war over Taiwan?
8. Quick Take: A Shift in US Messaging Amid North Korea’s Nuclear Signaling
9. Trump says he ‘gets along great’ with N. Korean leader at campaign rally
10. PM Han underscores power of culture on National Foundation Day
11. South Korean Soldiers Were Searching for Landmines—They Found a Centuries-Old Weapon Instead
12. Alaska LNG dispute threatens to stall Korea-U.S. security talks
13. Trump says Korea could pay ‘double’ if it doesn’t sign on to $50B Alaska LNG deal
