PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – SECDEF Hegseth announces US Marine anti-ship missile deployment to Balikatan, defense industrial base cooperation, with Manila in Philippines visit to “re-establish” deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
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
Trump says military force not off the table for Greenland after the Danish foreign minister scolded the administration, saying Denmark is already investing more into Arctic security and is open to more cooperation with the U.S.
HOMELAND SECURITY
POLITICS
Senior DOD leaders have less than two weeks to submit proposals to shrink and reorganize their commands, agencies, and departments, and DOD is also offering early retirement to eligible civilian workers, Hegseth said in a memo.
Trump signed an executive order to outlaw collective bargaining across two-thirds of the federal government, citing provision of federal labor law that invokes national security.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
US Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission, a response to an executive order by President Trump.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Army reconsidering prepositioned military stock, doubling down on Indo-Pacific, says general. It could disband a floating, mobile cache of weapons and equipment and instead distribute them in friendly territory.
CHINA THREAT
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Trump “very angry” with Putin over ceasefire negotiations and will consider secondary tariffs on Russian oil if a deal is not done. (RELATED: Trump Signals Dramatic Shift On Ukraine After Infuriating Remarks [WATCH])
Euronukes: A vision for an Anglo-French nuclear force. Poland’s Prime Minister has noted that “a profound change of [sic] American geopolitics” has already provoked reappraisals across Europe of the future of nuclear deterrence on the continent.
IRAN THREAT/ISRAEL WARS
OK THEN, TEHRAN. IT’S BOMBS AWAY – Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter to the country’s supreme leader over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed Guam and is now headed to join the Harry. S Truman CSG in the Middle East for strikes against Houthis, and maybe also Iran. Meanwhile, Navy jets intercept Russian spy plane near the Carl Vinson.
US airstrikes pound Yemen’s Houthi-held capital overnight.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
LAWFARE! – France’s Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her right-wing National Rally (RN) party. And barred from running for public office for five years. (RELATED: Controversy Erupts As Right-Wing Icon Receives Historic Jail Sentence)
US MILITARY
SECDEF’s decision to review military standards for combat, physical fitness and appearance opens the door to differing rules among the services. Should there be a ‘one-size fits all’ approach, or should service differences [MAYBE], evolving social norms [NO] and recruiting realities [NO] play a role?
The Navy is hoping to nearly double its fleet of warships, including submarines, aircraft carriers and destroyers, within the next three decades — a jump from 296 ships to 381. But U.S. shipbuilding is in a “perpetual state of triage.”
END of PDB
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