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4/23/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Published

4 weeks ago

April 24, 2022

Dave Maxwell

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 22 (PUTIN’S WAR)
2. UKRAINE INVASION UPDATE 24
3. Russian War Crimes in Ukraine | SOF News
4. Putin’s Struggles in Ukraine May Embolden Xi on Taiwan by Hal Brands
5. Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine
6. Ukraine now has more tanks on the ground than Russia: US official says
7. Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion
8. Inside the elite Ukrainian drone unit founded by volunteer IT experts: ‘We are all soldiers now.’
9. Army To Test Its Biggest Interactive Drone Swarm Ever Over Utah
10. Foreword–How to Evaluate the Modernized Russian Military’s Performance in Ukraine
11. FAA apologizes for Capitol parachutists incident that led to evacuation
12. Opinion | Can Sanctions Really Stop Putin?
13. Russia’s ailing command: ‘Bloated and slouching’ Putin is seen gripping a table amid cancer battle rumours
14. He Was a Penniless Donor to the Far Right. He Was Also a Russian Spy.
15. Calling all weapons makers: Pentagon seeks new ideas to arm Ukraine
16. The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.
17. Spy agency utilizes autistic analysts’ unique skills
18. Russia Tried to Hold Ukraine’s Internet Hostage, Then SpaceX Stepped In
19. Pro-CCP inauthentic social media accounts shift focus to the Quad
20. ‘Voice of April’: Chinese netizens get creative to keep censored film on social media
21. Hackers Claim to Target Russian Institutions in Barrage of Cyberattacks and Leaks
22. What I learned in Ranger School helped me through a mental health crisis
23. U.N. Slapped Down Latest Taiwan Outreach Effort, Citing Chinese Talking Point
24. US firm purchases former Navy shipyard in Subic Bay, Philippines
25. Starlink fought off Russian jamming attack faster than the military could

Korean News Content:

1. Policy Experts Call for Strengthening U.S.-ROK Alliance and Korean Reunification ‘End Goal’ for Regional Security and Development
2. President-elect Yoon mourns passing of U.S. Korean War veteran
3. Yoon Seok-yeol’s rise from rebel prosecutor to president
4. South Korea, Japan need ‘strong mediator’ to work out differences, says former US ambassador
5. U.S.’ approval rating jumps to 59 pct in S. Korea: poll
6. U.S. supports inter-Korean cooperation to create stability: State Dept.
7. North Korea nuclear test may be imminent as Kim amps up pressure
8. Biden to visit South Korea and Japan
9. Analysis: North Korea could ‘go small’ with tactical nukes
10. Departing South Korean Leader Exchanges Farewell Letters With Kim Jong-un
11. Koreans may be about to lose a year from their age. Here’s why
12. South Korea’s Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling on Gay Sex

Original Source: smallwarsjournal.com

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5/13/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Published

5 days ago

May 15, 2022

Dave Maxwell

5/13/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 12 (PUTIN’S WAR)
2. Flag Officer Announcements (New JSOC Commander)
3. US intelligence community launches review following Ukraine and Afghanistan intel failings
4. U.S. Embraces Finland’s Move Toward NATO Membership. What About Ukraine?
5. Marine Raiders tackle ‘influencing’ to disrupt adversaries before the fight
6. Here’s what US Army leaders are learning from the Russia-Ukraine war
7. The Russians Lost An Entire Battalion Trying To Cross A River In Eastern Ukraine
8. FDD | Biden Should Press WHO to Suspend Russia
9. F.B.I. Told Israel It Wanted Pegasus Hacking Tool for Investigations
10. Are the U.S. and Russia Destined for War over Ukraine?
11. Seven (Initial) Drone Warfare Lessons from Ukraine
12. No Marshall Plan for Ukraine
13. Lawmakers worry Army doesn’t have basing agreements for long-range fires
14. Why the West just can’t get enough of Zelensky
15. Challenge of maintaining US ‘arsenal of democracy’
16. Satellite images ‘suggest China is practising missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam’
17. Afghanistan: Resistance Front claims killing of 22 Taliban members in Panjshir
18. The US may be using Ukraine as a blueprint for how Taiwan could stop a Chinese invasion
19. Will Ukraine Break The Back Of Beleaguered US Indo-Pacific Strategy? – Analysis

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
2. Analysis: COVID crisis could deepen N.Korea food shortages amid drought warnings
3. North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles amid first virus outbreak
4. Yoon offers to send COVID-19 vaccines to N. Korea
5. N. Korea appears ready for nuclear test: presidential official
6. Top S. Korean, U.S. diplomats agree to continue consultations on N.K. humanitarian aid
7. U.S. supports efforts to contain COVID-19, vaccinate people in N. Korea: State Dept.
8. Explainer: How North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis
9. Allies’ North Korea policy at crossroads amid COVID spread in Pyongyang
10. Biden considering Korea DMZ visit when traveling to Asia this month
11. Why Did N.Korea Finally Admit COVID Outbreak?
12. Reps. Steel, Kim Push Administration to Reaffirm Commitment to U.S./South Korean Alliance – OKN
13. North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: A New Practice Creates a New Analytical Challenge
14. North Korea in a sudden shock Covid crisis

Dave Maxwell
Fri, 05/13/2022 – 9:22am
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This Unsettling Army Recruitment Video Is a Master Class in Psychological Warfare

Published

5 days ago

May 15, 2022

Dave Maxwell

This unsettling Army recruitment video is a master class in psychological warfare

The must watch video is at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw This is so important I am not waiting until tomorrow to send this out. I really want to highlight it.

Kudos to 4th PSYOP Group. Whenever anyone asks me what is PSYOP I will be showing this video from now on. This is very well done though I know it will generate a lot of controversy. This illustrates irregular war thinking* better than anything else I have seen in recent years. I will be linking this video in every future paper I write on irregular, unconventional, and political warfare.

“Irregular Warfare Thinking”*

Because IW is the dominant form of war in the emergent human domain.

We need to infuse “irregular warfare thinking”* into DOD and “political warfare thinking” into the US government.

*What is “Irregular warfare thinking?” It is thinking about the human element in the full spectrum of competition and conflict up to and including conventional and nuclear war. It includes but is not limited to all aspects of lawlessness, subversion, insurgency, terrorism, political resistance, non-violent resistance, political violence, urban operations, stability operations, post-conflict operations, cyber operations, operations in the information environment (e.g., strategic influence through information advantage, information and influence activities, public diplomacy, psychological operations, military information support operations, public affairs), working through, with and by indigenous forces and populations, irregular warfare, political warfare, economic warfare, alliances, diplomacy, and statecraft in all regions of the world.

Irregular warfare is the military contribution to political warfare. Political warfare is the action of the whole of government in strategic competition.

V/R

Dave Maxwell

Read the entire Task and Purpose article below at the link HERE.

This unsettling Army recruitment video is a master class in psychological warfare

“Everything is a weapon. Even this video.”

BY HALEY BRITZKY | PUBLISHED MAY 13, 2022 10:57 AM

taskandpurpose.com · by Haley Britzky · May 13, 2022

A new and somewhat unnerving recruiting pitch from the Army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group asks viewers one simple question: “Have you ever wondered who’s pulling the strings?”

The three-and-a-half minute, movie trailer-esque video was released by the 4th PSYOP Group on Youtube on May 2. Since then it’s brought in almost 250,000 views, and it’s not hard to see why: This is not your father’s recruiting commercial.

Read the remainder of this article HERE.

Dave Maxwell
Fri, 05/13/2022 – 1:42pm
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5/14/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

Published

5 days ago

May 15, 2022

Dave Maxwell

5/14/22 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

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National Security News Content:

1. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MAY 13 (PUTIN’S WAR)
2. RUSSIAN ANNEXATION OF OCCUPIED UKRAINE IS PUTIN’S UNACCEPTABLE “OFF-RAMP”
3. Is Putin Sick – Or Are We Meant to Think He Is?
4. Interview: Why The ‘Failure’ Of Russian Spies, Generals Is Leading To ‘Apocalyptic’ Thinking In The Kremlin
5. DARPA wants to model how ‘disinformation’ flows from fringe to mainstream platforms
6. Modern Resistance – Learning From Non-Western Examples
7. Escape From Moscow
8. With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up
9. China builds simulated Taiwan port, ship to test missiles: military analyst
10. Strategies of Unusual Size
11. Can Russia and the West Survive a Nuclear Crisis in Ukraine?
12. Could a Korean-Style Armistice End the Russia-Ukraine War?
13. Chinese Views of the US and Russia After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
14. Why Ukraine Is the Best Place to be a Comedian
15. Europe’s new Iron Lady: Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas
16. The Covert Operation to Back Ukrainian Independence that Haunts the CIA

Korean News Content:

1. N. Korea leader says his country faces ‘great turmoil’ due to COVID-19 spread
2. Seoul could offer vaccine, medicine if Pyongyang requests
3. Rubio, Kaine Introduce Bill to Reauthorize North Korean Human Rights Act
4. How will South Korea-China relations unfold under Yoon administration?
5. Does US support Yoon’s hawkish stance on North Korea?
6. Korea, U.S. resume combined medical support exercise
7. Project Reveal: North Korean Digital Controls
8. Managing Instability in North Korea
9. North Korea: Kim Jong-un declares Covid outbreak a ‘great disaster’
10. EXPLAINER: What’s behind North Korea’s COVID-19 admission?

Dave Maxwell
Sat, 05/14/2022 – 10:30am
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Source: smallwarsjournal.com