DAILY ON DEFENSE: • Military drills extended • 'The end of the Kim regime' • 'The Big One is coming'
MILITARY DRILLS EXTENDED: North Korea’s recent provocative violations of U.N. resolutions are ostensibly a response to the large-scale joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises now underway, which a senior North Korean official this week angrily called an “excessive military confrontation of hostile forces.”
Later, Pentagon officials said the “extended” exercises may be extended only a single day, into tomorrow.‘THE END OF THE KIM REGIME’: This week’s rant by North Korea’s Pak Jong Chon, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea warned that if Pyongyang sees any military move against the North, its armed forces “will immediately perform their strategic mission,” an apparent threat to use nuclear weapons.
“We really do need to ramp up our efforts so that the DPRK gets the message that what they are doing is unacceptable,” said Thomas-Greenfield, noting that Russia and China are likely once again to block any action. “Our hope is that we can bring them on board. But again, I’m not naive, but we will do our best. … This is really beyond the pale, what the DPRK has done over the past week.
"As I assess our level of deterrence against China, the ship is slowly sinking," Richard said."It is sinking slowly, but it is sinking as, fundamentally, they are putting capability in the field faster than we are. As those curves keep going. It isn't going to matter how good our [operating plan] is or how good our commanders are or how good our horses are — we're not going to have enough of them. And that is a very near-term problem.
Gallagher said the Biden administration's strategy of “integrated deterrence” is too reliant on future technology while shortchanging the current needs for traditional conventional power, such as ships, planes, and bombs. “We are concerned that DoD’s decision sends the wrong signal, not only to the CCP, but also to our allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific,” Rubio and Gallagher wrote in a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin earlier this week.
“We are here today to underscore the broad support that continues to exist in Congress for the Ukrainian people,” the senators said in a joint statement. Zelensky has vowed to take back the area and continue south to liberate Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. But for now, progress is slow as Russian troops, reinforced by reluctant conscripts, are digging in and Ukrainian forces are mired in the autumn mud.
Ukrainian commanders are wary of the statement, fearing it could be an effort to lure Ukrainian troops into a trap.The Rundown Washington Examiner: US military entering ‘window of maximum danger’Washington Examiner: North Korea unsuccessfully launches suspected ICBM test and two othersWashington Examiner: Turkey continues to block NATO membership for Sweden despite Russia threat
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