10/9/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. Beyond Relative Superiority: Updating McRaven’s Principles of Special Operations for the Age of Drones, AI, and Persistent Surveillance
2. USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group receives Presidential Unit Citation
3. EXCLUSIVE: China militia boat spotted for first time off Taiwan’s east coast, patrol finds
4. US Army report cites systematic failures in 2025 helicopter and jet collision that killed 67
5. Iran’s Theory of Victory: Tehran’s Fight for Great-Power Status in the Post-American Middle East
6. Trump Is Gutting America’s Core Geopolitical Advantage: The Strategic Costs of Antagonizing Canada and Mexico
7. Pentagon Says Fort Hood Shooter Execution Will Be Livestreamed
8. America’s Best Answer to the China-Russia Alliance
9. Pentagon Draws Up New Iran Strike Plans as Trump Hesitates
10. Reducing the Number of Generals Isn’t the Problem By Kori Schake
11. U.S. Budget Deficit Jumps to Nearly $2 Trillion
12. China Is Offering Half Measures to Its Mounting Economic Problems
13. Iran and Houthis Try to Regain Upper Hand in Hormuz With Spate of New Attacks
14. The Wall Street Veteran Trying to Solve the Pentagon’s Missile Problem
15. U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds
16. The Brigade and the Multidomain Breach
17. The Last Mile of Pentagon Reform Runs Through the Brigade
18. Ten Wartime Technologies at America’s 250th
19. Fornication in America: Trump’s Arch, Rome’s Emperors, and the Meaning of Victory
Korean News:
1. Spy agency snub raises U.S. alliance concerns in S. Korea
2. What Americans Think of the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Before the Midterms
3. North Korean military parade training site active ahead of Oct. 10 holiday
4. N. Korean leader’s sister again pushes back against Seoul’s medical aid offer
5. U.S. keeps S. Korea in Tier 1 group for human trafficking elimination efforts for 3rd straight yr
6. Japan seeks Trump’s help arranging summit with Kim Jong Un
7. S. Korea urges N. Korea to take ‘responsible measures’ over mine explosion incident at U.N.
8. Suspected North Korean landmine found on Incheon beach
9. Why North Korea is at the heart of South Korea’s strange rift with Ukraine
10. North Korea appears to build fence south of MDL, raising DMZ clash fears
11. South Korea is drifting to China: Trump must say no to Seoul’s military handover
