PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – ‘Put them in trauma’: A key MAGA leader’s plans for civil servants, troops, and more.
A key ally to former President Donald Trump detailed plans to deploy the military in response to domestic unrest, defund the Environmental Protection Agency and put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term.
SCARE MONGERING – Trump could ‘destroy’ Pentagon and upend rule of law if reelected, Senate Armed Services chairman warns. Laws governing domestic use of the U.S. military should be updated to prevent any abuses by a potential second Trump administration, the Democrat said.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE OVER THE TARGET WHEN YOU START TAKING INCOMING FIRE.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
WHAT COULD GO WRONG? – AI ‘will enhance’ nuclear command, control, and communications, says STRATCOM boss. The Pentagon nuclear C3 enterprise is decades old and desperate for an upgrade, and artificial intelligence could help fortify nuclear C3 for its no-fail mission.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Carrier USS Harry S. Truman sails with UK Carrier in NATO exercise in the North Sea. They are participating in NATO exercise Neptune Strike (NEST) 24-2, a week-long exercise that wraps up Thursday.
Training by foreign troops increasing in Hawaii at Army ranges. It is becoming an increasingly active training ground for militaries from around the Pacific and beyond.
IRAN THREAT/ ISRAEL
Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating within Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, accusing the group of colluding with Hamas in Gaza.
CHINA THREAT
To focus on China, US needs to wean off Europe and Middle East missions. Gen. Charles Flynn, the head of US Army Pacific has a clear warning: China’s build-up in land, air, and naval power has put it on an “accelerated path” toward military superiority in the region.
China’s deepening US telecoms hack sparks DHS probe. A key cybersecurity review panel will investigate a Chinese infiltration into U.S. telecom networks and affiliated wiretap infrastructure, escalating a federal probe into breaches that have targeted government officials and presidential campaign staff.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russian forces thwart attempted cross-border assault from Ukraine into southwestern Russia. This, months after Kyiv staged a different bold assault on its nuclear-armed enemy that Moscow is still struggling to halt.
North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says. This will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.
No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins fight, Pentagon says.
As US vote nears, Ukraine’s allies worry about what comes next. Russia continues a slow, grinding advance across the entire front line in Ukraine as a close U.S. election looms whose result will have major repercussions for Kyiv’s ability to fight back.
Ukraine arrests man suspected of spying for Russia disguised as a UN volunteer on the front lines.
Suspected Russian hacking, influence operations take aim at Ukrainian military recruiting. This, running concurrently with an influence operation designed to undermine Ukraine’s broader military mobilization
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea blames South’s military for drone intrusion into its territory for political purposes.
Lousy deterrence options on the Korean Peninsula. In August, North Korea celebrated the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units. This, as leader Kim Jong Un declared the North needs to bolster its nuclear capabilities and that the launchers were an “up-to-date tactical attack weapon” that he “personally designed.”
US MILITARY
Air Force open to greater B-21 Raider stealth bomber role in strategy revamp. This, as the service rethinks its plans for an advanced sixth-generation stealth fighter.
Navy eyeing new navigation tech for autonomous maritime drones in case satnav is lost. The Navy is looking for options to enable its future fleets of uncrewed platforms to steam ahead even if they can’t access satellite navigation systems.
WATCH – You’re in the chase car during a U-2 Dragon Lady landing.
Coast Guard sounds alarm for more funds as service operates under strain, says admiral. “We can’t be everywhere all the time” because it simply lacks enough service members. At the same time, the Coast Guard faces a funding crisis in repairing and replacing its aging fleet of cutters and aircraft.
END of PDB
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The communist democrat party needs to be brought under control. These people are pushing an agenda that will lead to a civil war. I suggest it will be the communist democrat party that pulls the trigger first. I say that because the conservatives have been the ones that have fought the bulk of the battles after WWII. There may have been a few token democrats but mostly conservative. During Vietnam all the democrats were running for Canada. Along came the all volunteer military and my guess is 90% of the participants are conservatives. Democrats are too busy staying in their parents basements playing video games and leaching off their parents. People need to be prepared and alert. There are already articles where the department of defense, that’s right Biden’s department of defense not Trumps, have been given authorization to shoot on the American people, the same people that gave and give support to Wounded Veterans who served in the military. Hopefully they refuse to follow any illegal orders and those who gave the orders , Mainly Biden and Harris are arrested and prosecuted for those orders. The communist democrat party is talking to Russia and China not MAGA. They want to see Harris in office not Trump.
A pefect storm thanks to the Democrat cowardice and complicity with dictatorships.
Nationalist China and Tibet once were an allies till Truman cut and run in 1946-1949. Mao won!
Best chance to stop North Korea and communist China was in 1950.
The USSR had 4 nukes and communist China had none.
Communist China and the USSR conspired with North Korea to invade South Korea just as communist China was invading Tibet.
But, …Truman was a coward and instead fired MacArthur for wanting to win!
Iran under the Shah was a paid CIA ally till Carter cut and run in 1979 after the Islamic revolution.
Today China, Iran and North Korea all border Russia create a contiguous global dictatorship from hell.
Weak cowards and/or Marxist/Muslim sympathizers Truman, Carter, Both Clinton’s, Obama, Biden, Harris, Walz and GOP RINO’s were easily bribed to betray the USA.