PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – And quickly. The U.S. doesn’t have enough weapons for a major conflict. These workers know why. This summer, employees at several big defense companies went on strike.
Their grievances highlight a much larger problem brewing beneath the surface.
The White House, Pentagon, and America’s overseas allies are all demanding that defense companies ramp up production to meet the needs of a dangerous geopolitical moment. America is running short of missiles, munitions, and battleships.
Allies are waiting years for deliveries. Even the Pentagon has to stand in line and wait for delayed shipments of major weapons, like Hellfire missiles, Javelin rocket launchers, and sophisticated air defense interceptors.
America is trying to surge its military capacity to produce more munitions, missiles, and ships, but to do so, it must rely almost entirely on a group of five Fortune 500 defense companies.
And none of these companies seem to be on war footing.
Instead of hiring more workers and paying workers more in an effort to retain them, these companies are far more focused on meeting the demands of Wall Street, trying to entice investors and boost their stock price by cutting costs, as well as using billions of dollars in revenue to pay handsome dividends and buy back shares of stock.
The billions they send back to shareholders each year mean that there is less money to go toward paying, hiring, or retaining their employees.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense news 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
U.S., Japan leaders ink rare earths deal ahead of Trump-Xi meet this week, as both countries seek to reduce China’s dominance of some areas of key electronic components.
DEFENSE POLITICS
Beyond minerals: A national electronics strategy to power defense. As the U.S. races to unearth domestic supplies of minerals critical for its defense systems, it’s equally urgent to transform those minerals into capability through the development of a national strategy to boost domestic electronics manufacturing.
‘Make American Shipbuilding Great Again’: Korea leans into shipbuilding as it woos Trump. President Trump wants more ships made in America. He’s going to need foreign help.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Drones could replace large U.S. Army units in Europe. Since 1945, the U.S. Army has been designed to defend Europe. The core of the Army remains a large force of heavy mechanized brigades.
CHINA THREAT
China Expands Trade Pact With Asian Economies Courted by Trump. China and the ASEAN bloc have enhanced their free trade agreement as trade between the two regions continues to rise in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Winning the innovation race: Why America’s allies are the key to beating Beijing. U.S. continues to originate new technology, yet it finds itself in a race with rivals such as China and Russia to dominate AI, quantum computing, robotics, semiconductors, cyber, and other frontier technologies poised to define global leadership in the 21st Century.
RUSSIA THREAT
Another week of diplomatic wrangling leaves Kyiv short of defensive options. Following another week of diplomatic flip-flopping in the U.S., Ukraine’s European allies did not disappoint when it came to the fulsomeness of their diplomatic rhetoric.
Germany needs a bigger military, but young people are divided on serving. Lawmakers are debating steps toward restoring compulsory military service, but many young people are not enthusiastic about donning uniforms and taking up arms.
MIDDLE EAST THREATS
Hamas to return remains of 16th hostage as families urge pause to Gaza truce.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US MILITARY
END of PDB
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