PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – American defense planning in the shadow of protracted war. Is the U.S. headed for a “Suez moment” in a future confrontation with China? Despite the growing prospect of protracted war, U.S. defense strategy appears wedded to getting ready for decisive battle.
But the high costs of an elusive short war could handicap Washington in a long fight.
U.S. defense officials have increasingly concentrated on developing the tools necessary to disrupt or degrade a People’s Liberation Army invasion force as it crosses the Taiwan Strait.
However, despite the prevailing emphasis on stopping an invasion of Taiwan quickly, there are growing fears among U.S. defense planners of a lengthy, global and indeterminate war.
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
Should women serve in combat? Trump’s defense pick reignites debate. Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited the debate.
As conflict with Russia and China looms, US special operations forces are going through a renaissance, reflected in a new $55 million Special Operations Command North headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base.
The California Coastal Commission’s ruling to limit SpaceX launches threatens national defense. Low-Earth orbiting weather spacecraft, intelligence systems, global communications capability and elements of new proliferated constellations rely exclusively on the Vandenberg space port in California.
Water can be a global security issue. This new tool will help the military plan. From flooding in North Carolina to droughts in East Africa, changing water cycles exacerbated by climate change are driving instability around the world.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Veterans involved in Jan. 6 riot expect Trump to keep pardon promise.
POLITICS
Second Trump presidency could mean more hardball negotiations with defense contractors.
Sweeping bill to expand veteran private-sector medical care outside VA passes House.
Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders: No more arms sales to Netanyahu. He says the U.S. government must stop blatantly violating the law with regard to arms sales to Israel.
US POWER OVERSEAS
INDOPACOM is replacing a pile of partner-nation networks with just one. After years of building bespoke networks to connect with individual allied and partner militaries, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is preparing to bring nearly two dozen countries into a single network in 2025.
How San Diego-based Marines train in the undeveloped wilderness of eastern Miramar.
B-52 Stratofortress bomber dropped bombs in Lithuania in rare live-fire exercise.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL
How USAF fighters kept going amid chaos to defend Israel.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
What is ATACMS, the long-range weapon Biden is letting Ukraine use to strike Russia?
Sweden issues pamphlet telling citizens what to do if Russia attacks. This, as Nordic countries teach people how to brace for possible war.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korean leader calls for a “limitless” expansion of his military nuclear program to counter what he calls US-led threats. These were his first direct criticism toward Washington since Donald Trump’s election win.
SPACE THREAT
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
UK’s new SPEAR 3 mini cruise missile and precision-guided standoff weapon succeeds in first end-to-end test. Billed as the “cruise missile of the future,” it will arm British F-35B stealth fighters, as well as Typhoon multirole combat aircraft.
US MILITARY
New rocket startup debuts with supersonic flight. Dawn Hypersonics — part of Dawn Aerospace — today revealed it has achieved supersonic flight with their prototype highly-maneuverable drone, the Mk-II Aurora craft off the coast of New Zealand.
Should the Navy lean on private repair shipyards to build subs faster?
END of PDB
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