TUESDAY PDB – Chinese defense minister to visit Russia, Belarus in show of support. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations as the West has sought to isolate over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Li's visit underscores the drive by China and Russia to align their foreign policies in a bid to undermine the Western-led liberal-democratic world order, despite their economic and reputational costs.
Xi Jinping, meanwhile, visited Moscow in March, sending a message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine had fallen short.
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
NO – YOU ADAPT TO THE MARINE CORPS, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND – After legal battles, Sikh graduates Marine Corps boot camp with beard, turban. In a historic legal win for religious freedom in the military, a member of the Sikh community graduated from Marine Corps recruit training Friday while wearing articles of faith intrinsic to the South Asian religion.
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTION TRAVEL – How the US military became collateral damage in the fight over abortion rights. The nominations of nearly 650 general and flag officers could be in limbo over abortion access.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The glorious insanity of North Korean, Chinese military pageantry. The North Koreans go all-out for their Victory Day parade, featuring a top Russian official, and China's military goes over the top in a highlight reel.
BUT OTHERS ARE DOING IT TOO – Poland holds huge military parade as voters focus on defense. Poland's biggest military parade since the Cold War takes place in Warsaw on Tuesday as the NATO-member country flexes its military muscle in what the government hopes will be both a message to Moscow and to voters ahead of elections in October.
HOMELAND DEFENSE
Russian military planes ‘detected and tracked' in Alaska air defense zone. Four Russian military planes flew into Alaska's air defense zone Sunday and again Monday morning, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), which said the planes were deemed not a threat.
CHINA THREAT
Space on agenda for Biden's trilateral summit with S. Korea, Japan. The Defense Department wants to build up military space ties with its allies and partners in Asia in the face of China's rapid buildup of its own space capabilities, including the development of technologies that could hold US and allied space assets at risk in a regional conflict.
Extend the Pentagon's ban on China's consumer drones. The rest of the federal government—and state and local agencies and even private-sector infrastructure companies—should quit using this Chinese technology.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 538. Ukraine downed three waves of Russian missiles and drones targeting Odesa, the army said. Fifteen drones and eight Kalibr-type sea-based missiles were involved in the attack.
Black Sea clashes grow as Russia fires warning shots and boards a freighter. Russia's military made good on its threats to enforce its blockade of Ukraine, adding to the tensions in an increasingly active theater of war.
Russia deploying hypersonic missiles on new nuclear submarines. Russia is deploying hypersonic missiles on a new class of nuclear-powered submarines.
How F-16s for Ukraine could harm Russia without taking a single shot. With F-16 fighter jets expected to be provided to Ukraine over the coming months, opinions of their usefulness spans from a gamechanger in the war with Russia to a total waste of resources.
Allies send new reconnaissance drone, counter-UAS systems to Ukraine. Ukraine's allies in Europe are sending Ukraine new unmanned aerial systems and counter-drone equipment, as the invasion enters its 18th month.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korean leader orders sharp increase in missile production. Kim Jong Un has ordered a drastic increase in production of missiles and other weapons.
SPACE THREAT
Space Force pitch to private sector: ‘Help us with space protection.' The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is a co-sponsor of the Hyperspace Challenge accelerator. It's seeking mature technologies in threat detection and spacecraft protection.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
As Arctic ice melts, NATO plots northern defense tactics. The opening of the Arctic to more military vessels marks the dawn of a new era of norther military strategy. A look at how NATO is adjusting.
Logisticians battle distance, weather, red tape in giant Pacific exercise. A joint U.S.-Australian wargame turns its focus to supply challenges.
US Marines, Navy to deliver aid to Papua New Guinea after volcanic eruptions. Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America are flying emergency relief to parts of Papua New Guinea hit by recent volcanic eruptions.
B-2s land in Iceland for first Bomber Task Force in months. The deployment marks the first overseas appearance of the stealth bomber since the B-2 fleet's six-month safety pause ended this May.
Niger coup leaders threaten to charge ousted president with treason. The junta's statement ratchets up rhetoric between Niger and other West African countries.
Worst fighting in months as clashes hit Libyan capital Tripoli. Clashes have broken out in the Libyan capital Tripoli, residents said, after the reported seizure of a powerful armed faction commander by a rival force.
US MILITARY
How to hide a helicopter refueling point, and other lessons from a giant Navy wargame. A stealthy Marine logistics team was just one small part of Large Scale Exercise 23.
To nail logistics, US Army works on info-sharing at Talisman Sabre. U.S. Army network specialists participating in the recent Talisman Sabre exercise in Australia successfully tested an information-sharing system that provided leaders a clearer understanding of their supplies and logistical needs.
Navy SEALs test updated “dry” submersible. Get an early look at the new mini sub the Navy SEALs are testing that allows them to stay dry while moving underwater, and other headlines.
How the US's newest ‘Supercarrier' operates at sea. The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is America's largest and most advance warship. Take a look at how it functions on the high seas as a NATO-allied asset.
America's Army is shrinking. Its missions aren't. The U.S. military's all-volunteer force (AVF) quietly turned 50 last month.
The ABCs of the military's highly classified Area 51. You're not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51. The top-secret government facility's secrecy has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.
END of PDB
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