WEDNESDAY PDB – Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized' mice: ‘Surprisingly' rapid death.
In a Wuhan-esque study, Chinese scientists are experimenting with a mutant COVID-19 strain that is 100% lethal to “humanized” mice.
The deadly virus – known as GX_P2V – attacked the brains of mice that were engineered to reflect genetic makeup similar to people. All the mice that were infected with the virus died within just eight days, which researchers noted was a “surprisingly” rapid death rate.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
The Army recruiting ad featuring a soldier with 2 moms just got harder to find. Here's why. It has delisted its advertising campaign titled “The Calling” on YouTube, making it harder to find the videos on the platform.
NATIONAL SECURITY
PALESTINIANS ONLY WANT ONE STATE – THEIRS – US post-war strategy links Saudi-Israel peace deal with two-state solution. Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden's strategy for post-war Gaza is to link normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to the creation of a pathway for creation of a Palestinian state.
Remain ‘subtle': Lloyd Austin security detail requested no sirens or lights on his ambulance. The Defense Secretary's security detail asked that the ambulance they called for him on Jan. 1 approach his house in Northern Virginia without lights and sirens to remain “subtle,” according to the 911 call.
BIDEN STUPIDLY TOOK THEM OFF THE LIST – US to re-designate Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists. Team Biden is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists.
Former NATO chief to Democrats: Cut a border deal to help Ukraine and beat Trump. “Biden has an interest in solving that issue before the election.”
HOMELAND SECURITY
DONT MESS WITH TEXAS – DHS threatens to take ‘appropriate action' against Texas over border access. Team Biden accused the Texas National Guard of blocking Border Patrol agents from accessing a 2.5-mile stretch of the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas. DHS – DO YOUR JOB!
POLITICS
Senate votes down Sanders legislation scrutinizing Israel military aid. The legislation required the State Department to submit a human rights report over Israel's operations in Gaza or freeze military aid.
IRAN THREAT
Iran will escalate until it pays a price. Weakness in Washington only emboldens Tehran, writes Mark Dubowitz.
US strikes Houthi missile sites in retaliation for Red Sea attacks. The U.S. took out four ballistic missiles that were preparing to attack ships in the Red Sea.
The US, Yemen and the risk of regional escalation. After Biden launched airstrikes against Houthi terrorists in Yemen, the group attacked a U.S. cargo carrier. U.S. officials say they do not want a larger conflict, but is that possible? NO, IT'S NOT. AND BIDEN WEAKNESS IS ENCOURAGING MORE ATTACKS.
Search continues for Navy SEALs missing during Iranian weapons mission. This, as details emerged about their mission to capture a vessel in the Gulf of Aden carrying components for medium-range Iranian ballistic missiles headed for Somalia.
CHINA THREAT
Philippines plans military upgrades to disputed South China Sea outposts. Manila will upgrade islands and acquire more ships to modernize its military amid tensions with China.
A peaceful solution on Taiwan is slipping away. Conflict between China and the United States just got a little more likely.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
France to give Ukraine more cruise missiles, plans security pact. It will supply Ukraine with about 40 more Scalp-EG cruise missiles and hundreds of bombs in coming weeks.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 693. At least 17 people were injured, two of them seriously, after two Russian missiles struck a residential area in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city.
Putin says Ukraine's statehood at risk if pattern of war continues. Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's statehood could suffer an “irreparable blow” if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US carrier trains with South Korea and Japan in wake of North's latest launch. Nine warships from the U.S., South Korea and Japan kicked off a combined naval exercise south of the Korean Peninsula a day after North Korea fired its first ballistic missile of the year.
North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South because of hostility. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for rewriting the North's constitution to eliminate the idea of shared statehood between the war-divided countries.
SPACE THREAT
Space Development Agency to buy 54 missile-tracking satellites. The Agency selected three companies to build 18 satellites each for its space-based missile warning, tracking and defense constellation.
US Space Force needs more to effectively deter, win wars. It has not been given all it requires to deter and/or win a war for space superiority in great power conflict.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Qatar, France strike deal to supply medicine to Israeli hostages, Gazans. A plan mediated by Qatar and France to deliver lifesaving medication to Israeli hostages, as well as much-needed aid to civilians in Gaza, went into motion Wednesday.
Belarus hints at new doctrine for using nuclear weapons. Its defense minister said Tuesday that the country will put forth a new military doctrine that for the first time provides for the use of nuclear weapons.
US POWER OVERSEAS
US Navy's four unmanned ships return from Pacific deployment. The Navy completed its first deployment of four unmanned ships, which spent five months testing concepts for how to integrate their capabilities into crewed fleet operations.
US Army Black Hawk helicopters to join earthquake relief efforts in Japan. The helicopters will deliver supplies to an earthquake-devastated area of central Japan, less than a week after Tokyo said it was not accepting outside help.
US MILITARY
B-2 bombers return to Red Flag, joined by Australian F-35s and UK Typhoons. Three B-2 Spirit bombers made their return for the first Red Flag exercise of 2024 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., this week.
Strong winds blow Marine parachutists out of training area near Mount Fuji. A group of U.S. Marine parachutists landed on sports fields and private property after strong winds blew them out of a training area.
Army has too many infantry, armor lieutenants, asks some to switch to combat-support jobs. It is asking some 250 officers from the class of 2021 to move voluntarily to the adjutant general, finance or signal corps.
Congress approves Space Force part-timers, but still no Space Guard. The move is part of the Space Force's broader vision to adapt military service to the needs of modern Americans.
END of PDB
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