Small Wars Journal

9/13/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Fri, 09/13/2024 - 10:27am

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Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Don’t Ask the U.S. Military to Save American Democracy
2. Chinese ambassador Xie Feng lays down ‘red lines’ in US-China relationship
3. Israel destroyed reported Iranian underground missile factory in Syria ground raid
4. Shoigu Meets Kim Jong Un Amid Strengthening Russia-North Korea Defense Ties
5. Russia expels U.K. diplomats as Putin warns over Ukraine’s Western weapons
6. Opinion  These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say.
7. Putin draws new red line on long-range missiles
8. Beijing Plans 'Compulsory' Military Training For Chinese Students To Boost China's National Security
9. Iraq touts deal with U.S. to withdraw most troops by 2026
10. Is US losing the AI arms race to China?
11. Bigger than Blackwater: Privatization of security goes worldwide
12. Army to expand holistic health and fitness program to all soldiers
13. 'Transformed By Trauma: Stories of Posttraumatic Growth' Raises Critical Questions About Mental Health Care in America
14. New Mortar and Rocket Training Simulators Could Shield Marines from Blasts Linked to Brain Injury
15. Australian lawmaker calls for US Navy SEALs to work, train Down Under
16. Asia Has No Hegemon
17. OPINION: Why Integrated Deterrence is Lame
18. Functional discrepancy: syncing geographies of bureaucracies
19. Israeli Commandos Carried Out Raid on Secret Weapons Site in Syria
20. Strangers in the Motherland: The Dynamics of Russia's Foreign Recruitment
21. In The Kill Zone: The Life and Times of Willie Merkerson (Part 7)
22. Hook, Message, Call to Action: Advice on Journal Article Writing for Dummies—by a Dummy
23. The Once-Dominant Tank Is Getting Humbled on the Battlefield
24. Army picks two companies to get small drones to brigade combat teams
25. Plan for summit on UN sidelines to seek ways 'to talk sense' into China, Philippines envoy says
26. U.S. Will ‘Do What is Necessary’ to aid Philippines in South China Sea, Official Says
27. From China to Russia: Global Military Budgets Are Catching Up to the U.S.
28. Secretary of Defense Memorandum: Our Enduring Duty to America's Service Members and Their Families
29. Secretary of Defense Announces Seven New Initiatives to Enhance Well-Being of Military Force and Their Families
30. Navy adds $1B to unconventional effort to boost sub production

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea gives a glimpse of a secretive uranium-enrichment facility as Kim pushes for more nukes
2. Israel destroyed reported Iranian underground missile factory in Syria ground raid
3. Shoigu Meets Kim Jong Un Amid Strengthening Russia-North Korea Defense Ties
4. Kim Jong Un’s Latest Flaunt: A Secret Nuclear Site Now Shown in Public
5. U.N. Command seeks 'open dialogue' as it probes inter-Korean border incidents: deputy chief
6. On North Korea, Kamala Harris Would Be Joe Biden 2.0
7. Kamala Harris’s Possible North Korea Policy: Ready for the Threequel?
8.  N. Korea discloses uranium enrichment facility to affect U.S. presidential election: experts
9. NK leader inspects special operation forces, test-firing of multiple rocket launcher
10. NIS monitoring N. Korean foreign minister's possible trip to Russia
11. Yoon's approval rating sinks to lowest point since taking office
12.  Opium replaces meth as North Korea’s drug of choice
13. North Korea slams expanding UN Command as a threat, warns of ‘counteraction’
14. Putin admires Kim Jong Un, unlike other world leaders, North Koreans are told
15. Why is NK back to firing missiles after monthslong hiatus?
16. Seoul monitoring Pyongyang for signs of nuclear test after uranium facility revelation: Presidential official
17. South Korea's LIG Nex1 to Design Reconnaissance USV for ROK Navy