Small Wars Journal

10/8/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 9:30am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. A Weakened Iran Still Has a Major Deterrent: the Nuclear Option
2. America Needs Better Bombs
3. Reflections on Buffalo Bill Cody: Lessons for Warfighters and Strategists
4. How Ukraine’s Recovery From War Can Inform Kyiv’s Car-driven Chaos
5. Is the attack helicopter dead?
6. The QUAD – or Most of it – Has Little Wish to Challenge China
7. Stepping Up U.S. Deterrence in Taiwan
8. Opinion  As drone tech zooms ahead, the Pentagon scrambles to adapt
9. Side Effects – The Human Rights Implications of Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Linkages to XUAR
10. Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?
11. Israel not expected to attack Iran nuclear facilities, to focus on bases, intelligence sites - NYT
12. The UK deal on Diego Garcia is positive, but it won’t reverse declining support for the rules-based order
13. Does Finland’s "total defence" doctrine hold lessons for Australia?
14. Veterans, troops targeted in Iran-backed disinformation campaign ahead of US election
15. Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
16. Marines Fly in Food, Shelter Kits, Tarps to Aid Philippines After Typhoon Destroys Homes
17. Junior enlisted pay raise will strengthen the current and future force
18. Fact checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene
19. An Ethical Mine Field? On Counter-Mobility and Weapon Autonomy
20. Wars Are Not Accidents
21. The Myth That Foreign Policy Doesn’t Matter in Presidential Elections
22. A troubling military trend by David Deptula
23. The strategic plan that never was
 

Korean News Content:

1. Who are the pop-up North Korea experts?
2. N. Korea likely to send troops to Ukraine in support of Russia: S. Korea's defense chief
3. N. Korean Soldiers 'Highly Likely' Killed in Ukraine: Seoul
4. N. Korean leader threatens to use nuclear weapons against enemies' possible attacks
5. Military detects apparent signs of N. Korea building possible nuclear-powered submarine: lawmaker
6. N. Korea appears to focus on restoring ties with China: unification ministry
7. Speech at the congratulatory visit to Kim Jong Un University of National Defence
8. South Korea to counter North's potential balloon bioterrorism with new vaccine
9. Analysis: South Korea’s diplomacy hides cyber security weaknesses
10. US Justice Department files suit to seize $2.67 million in North Korean stolen cryptocurrency
11. Unification Minister: “Watching closely whether North Korea establishes new border”
12. “North Korea sends engineers to Russia to control ammunition quality”
13. North Korean film studio rocked by South Korean e-book scandal
14. N. Korean soldiers arrested after Kim Jong Un's special forces visit
15. Paranoia or protectionism? North Korea's dangerous game with Chinese returnees
16. Mud, sweat, and tears: The hidden face of North Korean flood reconstruction efforts
17. Calls grow to toughen punishments for crimes by USFK personnel
18. Kim Jong-un vows to thwart S. Korea-US 'nuclear alliance'