WEDNESDAY PDB – China prepared to ‘smash’ Taiwan independence as US preps arms package. A Chinese defense ministry spokesman said an increase in exchanges between the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries is an “extremely wrong and dangerous move.”
It added that it is prepared to “resolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence” as the U.S. reportedly prepares to accelerate the sale of defensive weapons and other military assistance to the self-governing island democracy.
New Taiwan military aid package coming in ‘near term’, SecDef confirms. Team Biden will soon send Taiwan military weapons and equipment from its stockpiles but will require Congress to pay to backfill that delivery.
The State Department in recent years approved the sale of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, M1 Abrams main battle tanks, amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs), F-16 fighter aircraft and munitions, Volcano minelayers and more.
Such capabilities could potentially be pulled from U.S. stockpiles and fast tracked to Taiwan now.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories from national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
NOT WHAT BIDEN IS SAYING! – Colorado officials confident Space Command decision hinges on national security, not abortion. They said on Tuesday that they expect its permanent location will not be decided by domestic politics.
Airmen get new system for tracking religious accommodations after pandemic fiascos. New effort will show airmen and Space Force Guardians the status of their religious accommodations following mismanaged response to COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
NATIONAL SECURITY
OR WAS HE TOO TIRED? – Biden to cut Asia trip short to return and negotiate debt ceiling. The U.S. will hit the debt limit as soon as June 1, Treasury Secretary Yellen has warned.
Russia’s parliament votes to scrap Cold War armed forces deal. The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday voted unanimously to formally pull out of a key security deal, more than eight years after Moscow halted its participation.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Florida to send National Guard troops to Texas for border security. Officials have been concerned about a possible surge in border crossings after pandemic-era asylum restrictions ended last week.
DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak. CLOSING THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSES HAVE GONE.
Unknown man slipped undetected inside the home of White House official. He got into the home of White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. The Secret Service is investigating.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russian mercenary group claims American veteran killed in Ukraine firefight. The leader of the Wagner Group claimed to show in a video released Tuesday the body and IDs of a U.S. veteran killed fighting in Ukraine.
Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack on Kyiv as Europe, China look. Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, reportedly shot down all 18 missiles. DOUBTFUL.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 448. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his country’s military for reportedly shooting down six Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles in a single night. DOUBTFUL – UNLESS KREMLIN IS LYING ABOUT KINZHAL BEING HYPERSONIC.
Armed with Storm Shadow, Ukraine could ‘starve’ Russian front lines of logistics, leadership. The long-range missile “will help them to hit the command-and-control nodes, the logistics, where you have a sort of coalescence of Russian soldiers.”
Russian officials unnerved by Ukraine bloodshed are contacting CIA, agency says. The Agency’s semi public campaign to convince Russians to spy for Washington has borne fruit as the spy agency released a new video aimed directly at Russian government officials.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea shows Kim Jong Un examining a military spy satellite that may be launched soon. Pyongyang hasn’t disclosed a target date for the launch, which some analysts say may be in the next few weeks.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Defense ministers from Japan, China inaugurate hotline. They launched their long-awaited hotline on Tuesday to improve communication as Japan and its neighbors are concerned about Beijing’s increasingly assertive military activities.
Fleeing generals at war and violent militias, many say ‘we’re not coming back.’ The war in Sudan has unleashed a new wave of violence in the western region of Darfur, sending tens of thousands into neighboring Chad, where a new humanitarian crisis is looming.
US MILITARY
Devastating debt default threatens troop pay, defense programs. No one knows for sure exactly what a U.S. debt default will mean for military operations and veterans support programs. But there is widespread agreement that it won’t be good.
END of PDB
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All bluster again & show
You forget Steve, creepy Joe is in the Whitehouse, and sells out his own mother for money 💴.
According to that little puke that is king of china – looks like it is damned if we help Taiwan and damned if we don’t. Personally, I think we should call their bluff and let’s see how far the pukes wanna take this……………..Betcha they back off
Their policy is to strike where they find weakness. So far, they are able to close down all our factories and have them move to their shores. They are able to buy farmland that is close to our military bases. And they have Joe China in the White House.
And they have the faucet to all our drugs and medical supplies!
The CCP is going to have to give creepy Joe Biden a few more million dollars 💵, if they want Joe to go along with that move! But compared to other politicians, Creepy Joe is a bargain! He has no problem selling out people!
The USA has always believed in the ONE CHINA POLICY!
That meant that the Nationalist Chinese leadership in Taiwan will once again rule the mainland.
Communist China misunderstood and no one told them.