PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – WHAT THE HELL?! Federal judge dismisses high-profile cases of 2 Jordanian men here illegally accused of unlawfully breaching entering Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in May.
He dismissed the cases “without prejudice” after prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss on Oct. 3. The court did not explain the motive for the motion other than stating “because the ends of justice are best served by this dismissal.”
The attempted breach followed a string of unlawful gate entries, some by foreign nationals.
A month before the Quantico incident, authorities detained a Chinese national attempting to access Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in California. Last year the Pentagon and FBI tracked as many as 100 instances of Chinese nationals attempting to access bases.
WAS THERE A DEAL?
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
Threat of global war ‘serious and real’ after this week’s major escalation in the conflict in Ukraine, Poland’s prime minister warns.
POLITICS
Senate stalls general’s promotion as Trump mulls Afghan exit probe. A notable Army lieutenant general’s promotion stalled Thursday when his name was left off a list of nearly 1,000 military promotions.
Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war-crimes case. The formative experience, which happened after he left the unit, appears to have influenced Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary’s advocacy for troops accused of war crimes.
HOMELAND SECURITY/LAW ENFORCEMENT
Army offers $15,000 reward for info on 31 missing M17 pistols and other gear at Fort Moore, Georgia that disappeared earlier this year, but the case has grown. Additional equipment is now reported missing from the same facility.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Multiple drone incursions just occurred over USAF fighter base (RAF Lakenheath) in England.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WAR
Israel cracks down on Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza.
CHINA THREAT
Russian submarine tech could help China outpace US subs, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said.
China is off the fence in Myanmar. The head of Myanmar’s military junta finally traveled to China, meeting with China’s premier during the Greater Mekong Subregion leader’s summit. This is a de facto recognition thus far denied to the Myanmar military junta, and it represents a fundamental shift in Beijing’s calculus.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia’s attack with new hypersonic ballistic missile.
North Korean general reportedly wounded by Ukrainian attack on Russia, the first senior officer casualty reported among thousands of North Korean troops sent to bolster Russian forces.
US defense and industrial sites in Europe should bolster protection against risk of Russian sabotage.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea getting new air defenses in return for supporting Russia in Ukraine, the latest development in the deepening military relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.
SPACE THREAT
Seeking new options for GPS, Space Force eyes multiple orbits. The world relies on U.S. military satellites for precise navigation and timing, and the Space Force delivers with its Global Positioning Satellite constellation.
Space Force plans to award 20 contracts for commercial reserve by 2026, which will create a mechanism for the military to better leverage commercial capabilities both in peacetime and during a conflict.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
GOOD! – Europe weighs impact of Trump administration on space cooperation. The election of Donald Trump is causing shockwaves in Europe’s space community, with some calling for increased spending on space capabilities to reduce reliance on the US.
US MILITARY
Risky training ops for elite troops need to be studied more to help avoid deaths, injuries, GAO finds. Special Operations Command should spend more time observing high-risk, noncombat operations to better mitigate accidents involving its elite forces.
New Marine M22 Advanced Sniper Rifle reaches full operational capability ahead of schedule, which means that all infantry and reconnaissance units have fielded and completed new equipment training on the system.
The V-22 Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. troops in Japan. But should it be?
END of PDB
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This Democrat govt is so sick, so evil, so traitorous against the USA! We are all counting the days until Pres. Trump’s inauguration when sanity, patriotism and common sense will once again rule America!
Laws are worthless unless they are enforced. These people are going to keep attempting to make entry until they succeed. Can you imagine our highways if police simply said “naughty, naughty” when they stopped you for speeding and never issued any tickets? These people know if they keep trying they may actually succeed one of these days, if they haven’t already. We need to keep a record of these attempts, and there needs to be consequences after that initial attempt.