WEDNESDAY PDB – China unveils ‘blueprint’ for Taiwan integration while sending warships around the self-ruled island. The plan to deepen integration between the coastal province of Fujian and self-governing Taiwan touted the benefits of closer cross-strait cooperation while at the same time sending warships around the island in a show of military might.
ADDITIONALLY – Taiwan says China is bolstering nearby coastal military bases. China is continuously bolstering its military bases along the coastline facing Taiwan.
THIS ALL SHOWS WAR IS COMING – Congress should debate now whether we defend Taiwan, not on the eve of invasion. China is our economic, ideological and military adversary. The military flashpoint between our two countries is Taiwan, which China’s Chairman Xi Jinping has sworn to seize.
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:
POLITICS
McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry. Speaker Kevin McCarthy is directing House committees to open an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden over his family’s shady foreign business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.
WOKE WATCH
President Biden’s Woke military blockade. Joe Biden threatens to veto a defense bill over culture wars, not real wars. (RELATED: Universities Training Gen Z To Be Woke Snitches And To Punish Speech)
Senate Republicans blame Democrats for military leadership gaps. Some lawmakers want individual votes on high-ranking military posts to ensure that the leadership gaps don’t get worse.
JUST DROP BIDEN’S WOKE POLICIES! – Joint Chiefs prepare for vacancy at the top as Senate bickers over confirmations hold. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is going to increase his efforts to lift the hold on hundreds of general and flag officer promotions as Congress’ summer recess ends.
NATIONAL SECURITY
China, Russia will use cyber to sow chaos if war starts, Pentagon says. China and Russia are prepared to unleash a flurry of cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure and defense networks should war break out.
Quantum clocks could revolutionize precision warfare within a decade: experts. Within five to 10 years, clocks “a million times” more precise than GPS could improve accuracy, communications, and electronic warfare – without relying on an easily jammed satellite signal.
Albemarle to get $90 million grant from Pentagon for raising domestic lithium output. The world’s largest lithium producer received the grant to expand production of the critical raw material for electric-vehicle batteries.
Defense Department awards $20.6 million to support nickel prospecting in Minnesota and Michigan. The award to developers of the proposed Talon nickel mine in Minnesota is made under a program to strengthen domestic supply chains for critical minerals.
CHINA THREAT
China’s new satellites extend its military reach. Rapid buildup “allows them to see much further with greater precision at day and at night and through all weather,” Space Force intel chief says.
MORE TOP DEMOCRATS GO GROVELING TO BEIJING – Members of Congress are planning official visits to China. Two congressional delegations, including one led by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, are planning to visit China amid tensions.
RUSSIA THREAT– UKRAINE WAR
Ukraine launches missile attack on Crimea, Russia says.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 567. Russian attacks in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region killed two people and injured three others.
Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months, Air National Guard head says. It will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions.
Value of Ukraine F-16s won’t be immediate, says US Air Force general. The nominee to lead the Air Force says F-16 fighters NATO is sending to Ukraine will mostly be effective in the long term as the war-torn country works to integrate them into the broader military.
IRAN THREAT
ANYTHING ELSE BIDEN CAN GIVE YOU? – Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants from US in swap for 5 Iranian Americans and $6 billion in assets. The $6 billion in frozen assets were once held by South Korea.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for Putin meeting. Joined by his top military officials handling his nuclear-capable weapons and munitions factories, Kim arrived in Russia on Tuesday.
North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern seas.
SPACE THREAT
Space Force needs more cyber operators for weapons systems, chief says. Protecting weapons platforms is a primary concern for Space Operations Command, says its vice commander.
Space Force service component for Europe (EUCOM) and Africa (AFRICOM) coming in December. Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman also announced more may be on the way.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Massachusetts National Guard set to deploy Wednesday to help unstaffed shelters. The service members are scheduled to deploy Wednesday to emergency shelters across the state. (RELATED: In New Strategy, Dem Gov. Asks Residents To Host Migrants As State’s Illegal Immigrant Population Spikes)
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
How US Marines can protect commercial shipping in the Gulf. Team Biden is reportedly planning to deploy Marines aboard commercial vessels in the Arabian Gulf.
REMINISCENT OF WWII – Air Force clearing out jungles in Pacific to bolster airfield options. But additional funding for these efforts may be held up by budget impasse on Capitol Hill, Pacific Air Forces commander says.
BIDEN’S AFGHAN DISASTER
Abandoned Allied Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi, once detained at border, wins asylum. It’s almost a year since Wasi turned himself in to border patrol agents to declare asylum but was charged with entering the U.S. illegally.
US MILITARY
LIKE ALL THE WOKE POLICIES? – If it doesn’t make you more lethal, ditch it, say top Army leaders. The acting Army chief of staff and sergeant major shared four focus areas they expect to frame how the service meets a host of challenges during their tenure.
What’s the US Army’s greatest weapon? Data. We often hear U.S. Army generals describe today’s data challenges as finding a needle in a haystack, and even finding a needle within a stack of needles.
US Air Force has its first new Compass Call electronic warfare plane. The Air Force will next test to make sure the new plane’s electronic warfare capabilities have been properly integrated into the Gulfstream jet.
Air Force Chief shows off new images of the B-21; Raider begins engine runs. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. unveiled new imagery of the secretive B-21 Raider, the first glimpse of the stealth bomber in months.
END of PDB
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