Small Wars Journal

10/5/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Sat, 10/05/2024 - 11:56am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Behind the scenes with the Ukrainian ‘Vampire’ Drone
2. Where Are the Mavericks?
3. ‘Serpent in Eden’: Foreign Spies and False Allies
4. U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack
5. How the Massacre of Ignored Female Soldiers Came to Symbolize Oct. 7 Failures
6. What Game Theory Tells Us About the Threat of an Israel-Iran War
7. Hamas built an underground war machine to ensure its own survival
8. China says it evacuated 215 nationals from Lebanon
9. A Pentagon Debate: Are U.S. Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?
10. Missile Strike Near Donetsk Eliminates 6 North Korean Officers – Intel
11. Pentagon voices 'significant concern' with many NDAA provisions
12. Part-Time SOF: The Case for a Ranger Battalion in the National Guard
13. Diego Garcia: what "historic" UK deal means for US's Indian Ocean base
14. Collapse of national security elites’ cyber firm leaves bitter wake
15. Realigning Counterintelligence in the Grey Zone: A New Era for U.S. Defense
16. A Crucial Step in Combating Terrorism
17. Leidos: 'Black Arrow' Small Cruise Missile Ready for Flight Test
18. Raytheon expand capacity to build the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile

Korean News Content:

1. Military theft resurges in N. Korea as food shortages worsen
2. Experts: “Kim Jong-un’s Hardline Statement is a Message Aimed at the US Presidential Election”
3. Expert: “Even if Trump is re-elected, the ROK-US-Japan alliance will continue to strengthen”
4. 2 U.S. B-1B bombers conducted joint drill with S. Korean Air Force on Oct. 1 Armed Force Day
5. N. Korea launches apparent trash balloons toward S. Korea: JCS
6. North Korea Gets A Folding Smartphone
7. Missile Strike Near Donetsk Eliminates 6 North Korean Officers – Intel
8. North Korea's Kim threatens to use nukes if attacked
9. South Korea military aircraft evacuates 97 from Lebanon amid escalating tension
10. Hamas built an underground war machine to ensure its own survival
11. Secret shipments: N. Korea's hidden flood relief efforts in Jagang province
12. US Pentagon Reiterates “End of Regime” in Response to Kim Jong-un’s ‘Nuclear Threat’
13. Beyond nuclear deterrence: the rise of semiconductor power
14. Why 'Ode to My Father' remains relevant today