Explosive Scare At Military Base Prompts Lockdown

THURSDAY PDB – The U.S. military leadership is concerned about white supremacy for several reasons. Instead of this ridiculously exaggerated threat, they should consider base security and extremism from other groups (see below).

New York National Guard's Hancock Field closed for more than 2 hours after someone drops off a rocket at the base's main gate that guards feared might be an explosive.

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:

NATIONAL SECURITY

Now on TikTok: The government doing its latest national security dance. Its move against the Chinese-owned platform won't be its last attempt to control the internet.

US must have ICBM leg of triad. Regardless of what the Pentagon concludes in its Nunn-McCurdy cost overrun review of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program, the U.S. must still have a land-based leg of the nuclear triad, the Undersecretary of Defense told lawmakers May 15.

We invest in our military to prevent attacks — why not also invest in preventing the next pandemic?

If reinstated, how would a selective service draft work? Find out in ‘How It Works Wednesday.'

STUPID LEFTIST MOVE – US removes Cuba from list of countries ‘not cooperating fully' with anti-terrorism efforts. In a policy step to ease pressure on Cuba, Team Biden removed the communist island from the roster, a list the U.S. State Department issues every year.

HOMELAND SECURITY – LAW ENFORCEMENT

‘WHITE SUPREMACISTS' STRIKE AGAIN – Marine charged with threatening mass shooting of white people. A Black man who was discharged from the Marines on Friday after serving for less than a year was arrested Monday for making online threats to kill white people.

Ex-Army sergeant accused of attempting to spy for China judged mentally unfit to stand trial. The former intelligence sergeant was based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

New York National Guard's Hancock Field closed for more than 2 hours after someone drops off a rocket at the base's main gate that guards feared might be an explosive.

PENTAGON WOKE WATCH

NOW GUARDSMEN CAN LOOK LIKE THUGS – Coast Guard tweaks tattoo policy to allow bigger designs on hands, ink behind both ears.

POLITICS

House bill: Time to put Air Force's ‘flying car' concept into action. House lawmakers want the Air Force to start seriously thinking about how to make its electric “flying car” concept a reality.

TOTAL BULLSH*T – Academy athletes could jump to pro sports right away under House plan. Military academy athletes graduating next year could skip their active-duty commitments to further a professional sports career under new regulations being considered.

IDIOT – Confused about Biden's Israel weapons policy? One day, Joe Biden is pausing bomb shipments to Israel. Another day, he's approving other arms deals. He's threatening to cut off more shipments if Israel invades Rafah — but only those that are offensive in nature.

SELF-LOATHING IDIOT – Interior Department staffer is first Jewish Biden appointee to quit over Gaza war. The staffer became the first Jewish political appointee to do so publicly.

Wittman sure US Navy will buy two attack subs in 2025 — like it or not. A powerful member of the House Armed Services Committee has said that Congress would force the Navy to buy two Virginia-class submarines, regardless of the service's reasons for deviating from its plan and requesting one instead.

ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR

The top UN court is holding hearings on the Israeli military's incursion into Rafah. This, due to a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

US POWER OVERSEAS

US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on. The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid shortly.

‘RETREATIN BIDEN' – US lays out plans for withdrawing troops from Niger. The two American bases, enabling drone operations for more than a decade, have been used to contain groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.

US faces uncertainty in Africa as forces gather for special operations exercise. U.S. Special Operations Command Africa's largest annual exercise is underway, as Washington grapples with rising extremist violence in West Africa, tension with former counterterrorism partner Niger and a growing Russian presence on the continent.

US and Japan sign agreement to co-develop hypersonic interceptor. The capability designed to neutralize hypersonic threats in the glide phase of flight.

Land forces hold key to keeping peace, US Army Pacific commander says.

Joint Base Charleston making supply runs to Haiti capital, airport besieged by gangs. Joint Base Charleston has hosted 29 U.S. military flights this spring, to deliver 719 tons of supplies plus armed civilian contractors. The Caribbean nation's capital has been under siege for months by heavily armed and violent gangs.

IRAN THREAT

Houthis claim attacking USS Mason that shot down missile in Red Sea. However, the attack on the warship apparently happened nearly two days earlier and saw the vessel intercept the missile targeting it.

CHINA THREAT

China and Cambodia begin 15-day military exercises as questions grow about Beijing's influence. This, as questions grow about Beijing's increasing influence in the Southeast Asian nation.

Philippines receives US-funded Coast Guard repair facility amid South China Sea damages, modernization efforts. The Philippine Coast Guard received its first dedicated vessel maintenance and repair facility last week.

WEAK MOVE – US will send an unofficial delegation as Taiwan's president is sworn in. It'll test ties with China. The move is certain to upset China but unlikely to draw excessive responses from Beijing as the two countries try to stabilize relations.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

The West doesn't understand how much Russia has changed. Vladimir Putin's trip to Beijing this week, where he will meet with Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials, is another clear demonstration of the current closeness between Russia and China.

Blinken announces $2B arms deal for Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the aid as Washington seeks to bolster Ukrainian troops on the front line against a major Russian offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Defending in its north, Ukraine faces pressure all along front line. Ukraine is slowing Russia's push near Kharkiv, but still faces pitched battles there, as well as other hotly contested areas farther south.

NORTH KOREA THREAT

Will North Korea be a bigger threat under Biden or Trump? Team Biden has largely kept the threat of North Korea's nuclear program on the back burner. But tensions have been ratcheting up for years, opening a new and uncertain chapter in a standoff that, just six years ago under then-President Trump, seemed to be on the cusp of a breakthrough.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

France undecided on US offer to join ‘Olympic Defender' space effort. The US invitation is significant as it reflects the Pentagon's desire to more tightly tie its allies into its efforts to deter and defend against hostile Chinese and Russian activities.

WOW – Slovakia debuts rapid-fire mortar at local defense show. The 120mm self-propelled mortar is advertised as firing 20 rounds of ammunition per minute, a rate that would make it one of the fastest in Europe.

US MILITARY

HALLELUJAH! HOPE THAT INCLUDES CRT! – Army cuts hundreds of hours of redundant online training requirements. The sergeant major said the needed to subtract some of the work to ensure quality training over quantity for soldiers.

WATCH: Navy salvage teams blow up a portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in controlled demolition.

END of PDB

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