Trump Ramps Up Guard And Active Troops Use For Domestic Missions

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – How the National Guard’s domestic missions build deterrence. The Guard’s dual-use nature—ready to respond to state and federal missions alike—means that the Guard’s contributions to American domestic resilience also build deterrence against potential adversaries.

200 Marines are headed to Florida to aid Customs and Immigration Enforcement in the state. Northern Command called it the “first wave,” with similar deployments to help ICE planned in other southern states.

Navy will control a new national defense area established across 140 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona.

Militarized zones now make up 1/3 of southern border. Orange no-entry signs posted by the U.S. military in English and Spanish dot the New Mexico desert.

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

Navy reservist this week pleaded guilty to bribing a Naval Air Station Jacksonville official to provide fraudulent military identification cards to two ineligible individuals with links to China.

B-21 production is speeding up, but USAF isn’t saying whether that accelerated manufacturing will buy more total B-21s than planned, buy the bombers faster … or both.

American bombing of Iran also reverberates in China and North Korea.

Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will stop sharing satellite weather data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by the end of month.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard will receive a nearly $25 billion investment, marking the largest single commitment of funding in the maritime border security service’s history.

U.S. completes deportation of 8 criminal alien men to South Sudan after weeks of legal wrangling.

DEFENSE POLITICS

The House passed President Trump’s sweeping tax, health care, immigration and defense spending law by a vote of 218-214, securing the first part of DOD’s major defense budget this year with $150 billion in additional military funding.

Space Force has canceled a $2 billion competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman to build new jam-resistant communications satellites, abandoning a traditional procurement approach in favor of a more flexible strategy.

B-2 pilots who bombed Iran sites invited to White House for July Fourth.

US POWER OVERSEAS

Additional High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC) systems will enhance the long-range strike capabilities of the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, giving them more reach and firepower.

Air Force has shelved a proposal to build two rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll, a remote island in the central Pacific Ocean, following environmental concerns over potential harm to local wildlife.

IRAN THREAT/MIDDLE EAST

U.S. strikes on Iran’s three main nuclear facilities in June likely set that program back by 1-2 years, DOD says.

Why it’s hard to know the damage the U.S. did to Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran’s Israeli spies. Before Israel launched its war on Iran last month, its security service uncovered an extensive network of its own citizens spying for Tehran – on a scale that has taken the country by surprise.

Israel will send ceasefire negotiating team to Qatar a day before Trump and Netanyahu meet.

Netanyahu returns to White House holding all the cards in Gaza talks.

Hezbollah chief says the Lebanese terror group will not disarm or back down from confronting Israel until it ends its air raids and withdraws from southern Lebanon.

CHINA THREAT

Map shows U.S. Coast Guard missions with allies—the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Australia and India—in waters near China since May.

China’s mysterious wing-in-ground effect (WIG) Ekranoplan craft seen in full for first time.

French military and intelligence claims China is using its embassies to spread doubts about the performance of French-made Rafale jets following the aerial combat between India and Pakistan in May.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

U.S. Pauses Some Ukraine Weapons Deliveries Amid Russian Barrage. DOD’s decision is driven by concerns over low U.S. military stockpiles amid multiple wars and crises.

The recent pause, including some 30 Patriot missiles, has Russian officials openly questioning the willingness—and ability—of U.S. to support its ally.

Ukraine’s uncrewed surface vessels are now launching bomber drones to attack Crimea. This includes a high-value Russian radar installation on peninsula.

France will now systematically attribute hostile acts in response to the growing Russian threat, marking the end of France’s long-standing policy of avoiding public attribution to state actors.

UK Royal Navy recently monitored a surfaced Russian submarine as it sailed through the North Sea and English Channel.

Germany considering purchase of 1,000 tanks and 2,500 IFVs as part of a sweeping defense procurement plan worth up to $29 billion, aimed at fulfilling NATO’s force generation targets to deter Russia.

Poland invests $662 million to expand the production of 155 mm ammunition.

Denmark expands compulsory service to both sexes amid aggression from Russia.

NORTH KOREA THREAT

North Korean man escapes by crossing the heavily fortified and mined border to South Korea.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

UK-led carrier strike group centered on the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is currently in the Indo-Pacific as part of its 2025 deployment codenamed ‘Operation Highmast.’

USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrived in Manila on Thursday for a port visit as UK Carrier Strike Group sailing to Australia for Talisman Sabre.

Royal Navy has formally accepted its first autonomous robotic minesweeping systems into service, delivering the UK a long-awaited capability aimed at countering modern naval mine threats.

After announcing it was buying U.S. shipyard sites to build icebreakers, the Canadian shipbuilding company Davie is zeroing in on the need for such ships in Sweden.

Japan wants to turn Australia into the inaugural customer for its advanced Mogami frigate, taking the rare step of flying Australian-based reporters to Nagasaki to hype up the Mogami’s capabilities.

US MILITARY

DOD is speeding up development of defensive tools and tactics against uncrewed aerial systems by setting up a joint interagency task force to try and coordinate the services’ different electromagnetic and kinetic drone countermeasures programs.

Marine Corps ends plans to sling Tomahawk cruise missiles from remotely operated 4×4 launcher vehicles because the Long Range Fires (LRF) system could not be effectively used in the kinds of austere environments that it expects in future operations.

F-22 Raptor stealth fighters appear set to be the first operational airborne controllers for the Air Force’s future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones. The service aims to add tablet-based control systems and make other relevant modifications to the F-22s starting in the next year.

END of PDB

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