Small Wars Journal

10/30/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 9:13am

Access National Security News HERE.

Access Korean News HERE.

National Security News Content:

1. Two new jobs, but too few people (and robots) (Green Berets)
2. 12 Questions for a Writer: Frank Sobchak (author of "Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Missions from El Salvador to Afghanistan")
3. Israel–Hamas War (Iran) Update, October 29, 2024
4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 29, 2024
5. Special Forces trains for the next big war in the Mojave Desert
6. Special mission aircraft for covert insertion
7. X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content—Whether They Want It or Not
8. Why our Presidential Candidates Must Choose Ukraine
9. What Election Integrity Really Means
10. ICSPOTS Event: A Pivotal Step Toward Modernizing USSOCOM Resourcing and Readiness
11. Russia test-fires missiles to simulate 'massive' response to nuclear first strike
12. New Vehicles, Face Paint and a 1,200-Foot Fall: The U.S. Army Prepares for War With China
13. How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election
14. Pentagon unveils new plan to energize America’s defense sector
15. Conventional Arms Control and Ending the Russo-Ukrainian War
16. How America Can Succeed in a Multialigned World
17. The Least Bad Option for Lebanon
18. Harris vs. Trump: If Asia Could Vote in the US Election
19. Post-Truth and National Security: Background and Options for a New Administration
20. Air Force Chief: Small Drones Are Both 'Threat and Opportunity'
21. Political leaders need to stop standing in the way of defense innovation
 

Korean News Content:

1. Advice for the incoming commander of US Forces Korea
2. The west underestimates North Korea at its peril
3. GOP rep says US must focus on North Korea abuses ahead of UN council
4. Ex-Ukraine Defense Minister: Russia ‘Trying to Grow the War’ with North Korean Troops
5. “Attack! Get down!” North Korea-Russia communication booklet released
6. North Korean troops possibly heading to front lines, language barrier causing problems, says South Korea
7. Zelensky: North Korea's troop support pushing Ukraine war beyond borders
8. North Korea’s elite troops are in Russia to fight Ukraine: What we know
9. How Russia is transporting North Korean troops to the front lines of Ukraine war
10. Kim Jong Un appears to fear possible assassination, South Korean spy agency says
11. U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting and 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Fact Sheet
12. North Korea and Russia send political shockwaves with Ukraine war moves
13. The West did nothing to stop North Korea’s alliance with Russia, and there will be consequences 
14. Russian troops’ frustrations at North Korean fighters caught on intercepted communications
15. Peaceful reunification is no longer North Korea’s goal
16. Ukraine's surrender hotline is tempting North Koreans to desert, promising they'll be well fed