10/7/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary
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National Security News:
1. The Problem With Hegseth’s Pentagon
2. Hegseth’s Vision for a New American Military
3. NATO Theory of Victory war plan aims to cripple invading Russian forces at border
4. North Korea warns US over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia
5. The Battle for Hormuz Is Not the War
6. Russia’s Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New Phase
7. Pentagon names 4 directed-energy weapons for counter-drone program at US bases
8. Anduril wades into traditional shipbuilding arena with major submarine play
9. Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push
10. Maneuvering in the Narrative Space: Cognitive Isolation as an Operational Imperative
11. Andor and Teaching Counterinsurgency
12. Story Warfare: How Taliban Propaganda Sabotaged America’s Campaign in Afghanistan
13. Pullout of B-1 bombers shows how an outgunned Iran is keeping the U.S. on edge
14. Lithuania says it would pay the cost if US establishes military base
15. How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing
16. In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
17. Pilot training, renovated U.S. airstrip latest signs of China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia
18. How to Defend Against AI-Designed Viruses
19. The Pentagon’s autonomy command should draw on lessons old and new
20. How closer China-US ties – and more Xi-Trump summits – could work in Iran’s favour
21. A War America Could Win
Korean News:
1. Exclusive: U.S. Suspends Visas for South Korean Intelligence Personnel
2. Korea, US agree on temporary combined forces structure after OPCON transfer
3. North Korea warns US over Taiwan while Kim pledges support for Russia
4. N. Korea appears ‘flustered’ by S. Korea’s DMZ blast findings, mine-clearing: defense minister
5. S. Korea plans shipment of medical equipment to N.K. hospital next month
6. Nuri rocket deploys 5 satellites for S. Korea’s first microsatellite constellation
7. New commanding general of U.S. 2nd Infantry Division takes office
8. PM says S. Korea should keep demanding N. Korea’s apology over land mine blast
9. How North Korea makes people criticize themselves
10. Ukraine Believes Russia Shared Jet-Drone Technology With North Korea, Says Zelenskiy
11. South Korea sends $2.4 billion for first U.S. investment project
12. Interview: How bribery holds North Korea’s market economy together
13. South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans
14. Someone may have hacked the North Korean UN mission’s voicemail | CNN
15. A Chinese Network Laundered More Than $1 Billion for North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Says ZachXBT
16. Pyongyang’s Ukraine Gamble: What Kim Jong Un Bought With North Korean Blood
