3/11/26 National Security and Korean News and Commentary

1. Philippine Court Erases Final Duterte Bid to Crush Journalist Ressa

2. Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd confirmed as new leader of NSA, Cyber Command

3. What is the ‘FlyTrap’ Method, and How Can It Disable Autonomous AI Drones?

4. Around 140 troops wounded in 10 days of Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon says

5. Israeli defense sources: Iran regime change not military goal, creating conditions for it is

6. Trump Says the Iran War Is Nearly Won but Israel Has Other Ideas

7.The Trump Team’s Evolving Messages on Iran

8. Transforming in Contact: The Army is Changing—Because It Must

9. 10th Special Forces Group Enhances Drone Proficiency Through Advanced Training at Fort Carson

10. Human-in-the-Loop or Loophole? Targeting AI and Legal Accountabi

11. Schrödinger’s Security Partner: The Paradox of Measuring Security Force Assistance

12. We Bombed the Wrong Target

13. The 2026 NDS Through The Lens of Special Operations Forces

14. When Geopolitics Shapes Scholarship

15. The Curse of Middle-Sized Wars: In Iran, Trump Risks Falling Into a Familiar Trap by Robert Kaplan

19. Diego Garcia base access: Getting past the misinformation

20. Pentagon burned through $5.6B in munitions in first 2 days of Iran war

21. “Antisemitism” in Cognitive Warfare: A Warning for America

1. Seeing Asia clearly: a survivor’s perspective on Western misconception

2. Bonghwa Political College – A Direct North Korean Threat to South Korean Human Rights

3. Lawmaker says South Korea missile system proved combat success

4. Multinational augmentees from UNC member states participate in Freedom Shield exercise

5. North Korea conducts second cruise missile test from new warship in last week

6. How the world can get ahead of North Korean hackers’ crypto playbook

7. Should the drone operations command really be dismantled?

8. Hanwha to showcase air defense capabilities at BEDEX 2026 in Belgium

9. Relocation of THAAD interceptors to Middle East seen as imminent: sources

10. Defense minister inspects S. Korea-U.S. military exercise sites

11. N. Korea supports Iran’s choice of new supreme leader amid raging war in Middle East

12. Is Middle East crisis casting shadow over annual S. Korea-US military drills?

13. Patriots, THAAD may be shipped to Middle East. Is South Korea safe without them?