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NATIONAL SECURITY
Former top US military officer says Putin is ‘a cornered animal.' Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen on Sunday said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “cornered animal” after mounting losses in Ukraine and is becoming “more and more dangerous” to the world. (RELATED: Putin Responds After Explosion Damages Bridge Essential to Russia's War)
HOMELAND SECURITY
The Oath Keepers Jan 6 trial is underway — here's what we know so far. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and his associates went to trial last week in Washington's federal district court in one of the highest profile cases to emerge from the fallout of Jan. 6. (RELATED: Is It Time to Dismantle Dangerously Politicized FBI?)
CHINA THREAT
FACING CHINA – US Army heightens focus on contested logistics in Pacific. Coming up in 2023, the U.S. Army in the Pacific will ramp up efforts that examine how to conduct battlefield logistics in contested environments, Gen. Charles Flynn told Defense News in a recent interview. (RELATED: China's Repression Comes to US – CCP Police Are in NYC)
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
COUNTERPOINT – Russia's new onslaught against Ukraine. The knee-jerk reaction to these attacks — “strike back at the barbarian Russians” — must be held in check. Instead, now is the time for renewed pressure for a cease-fire. (RELATED: Is US Preparing for Nuclear ‘Armageddon' With Russia Over Ukraine?)
Russia blasts Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities in deadly strikes. Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings.
Biden promises Ukraine ‘advanced air defense systems' after Russian missile strikes. President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday after a deluge of Russian missiles targeted cities across Ukraine, condemning the strikes and pledging continued US security assistance “including advanced air defense systems.”
PUTIN'S NEW FRONT AGAINST UKRAINE? – Belarus's Lukashenko announces troop deployments with Russia amid escalations in Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday announced a joint military task force with Russia will deploy to the western border of the country near Ukraine amid a series of escalations in the Ukraine-Russia war.
More than half of Ukraine's tank fleet now reportedly consists of captured Russian armor. Despite its ongoing war with Russia, the Ukrainian military is only growing larger and larger — and not just thanks to the massive influx of aid from Western countries.
Watch a Ukrainian soldier take out a Russian cruise missile with a MANPADS. What does a one-in-a-million shot look like? We now have a pretty good idea.
NORTH KOREAN THREAT
When will Biden put pressure on North Korea? A once-robust sanctions program has atrophied since Trump embraced summit-level diplomacy with Kim in 2018. (RELATED: US Military Risks Losing Next War)
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
IMPORTANT – US Army brigade in Africa seeks to ward off Chinese, Russian influence. The U.S. Army's 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade is training militaries throughout Africa to woo countries away from Chinese and Russian influence on the continent.
India and China, which have refrained from criticizing Russia, call for de-escalation. India and China, two powers that have offered Russia some relief in the face of Western sanctions, expressed concern after the deadly missile strikes across Ukraine on Monday and renewed calls for de-escalation and dialogue.
Failed drone strike in Syria targeted US troops. A base in northeast Syria housing U.S. and coalition forces was the target of a drone strike on Oct. 8, a press release from U.S. Central Command confirmed. (RELATED: A Glimpse Into the Future – Video Shows US Soldiers Facing Drone Swarm)
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
THEY ARE IN THE CULTURE WAR – The Army is struggling to stay out of the culture war. Amid attacks from conservative cable news personalities, the Army's top leaders said they stand by their diversity and inclusion efforts during a Monday press briefing at the 2022 Association of the U.S. Army conference. (RELATED: GOP to Target Woke Pentagon and JCS Chairman Milley After Election)
SURE IT IS – A BIG PART OF IT – BUT US KIDS ARE ALSO FAT, CRAZY AND HIGH – Woke-ism not to blame for Army shortfalls, says top recruiting general. Though some lawmakers and other conservative politicians have pinned the blame for the Army's recent recruiting woes on “woke-ism,” the top general in charge of recruiting for the service said he is “not seeing that at all.”
NOT SO WOKE – The Marine Corps hit all its recruitment goals for 2022. It met its active-duty enlisted Marine goal by just eight service members.
SPACE THREAT
Launch on demand: If satellites are shot down, will Space Force be ready to restock? A small satellite mission the U.S. Space Force plans to launch in 2023 will test the ability of the commercial space industry to deploy a payload on an extraordinarily compressed timeline. (RELATED: Navy Reveals More ‘Sensitive Information' on UFOs Exists – But Won't Release It)
US MILITARY
URBAN WARFARE IN WESTERN PACIFIC – The Army faces urban challenges, these units are attacking the problem. In the coming years, the Pentagon's area of focus, the Pacific, will count more than two dozen “megacities” or urban areas with more than 10 million inhabitants.
Next Generation Squad Weapon fielding in 2023. By next year, the Army expects to field its first true replacement for the squad rifle and automatic rifle in a brand-new caliber.
General Dynamics to begin building US Army's new light tank next month. General Dynamics Land Systems will start manufacturing in November the U.S. Army's Mobile Protected Firepower system, the first new combat vehicle to enter the force in nearly four decades. (RELATED: See the Army's Killer New Next-Gen Abrams-X Hybrid Super Tank)
Jam, spoof and spy: US Army looks to energize electronic warfare. The U.S. Army is looking to air- and ground-launched platforms, such as drones, to more effectively wage electronic warfare, amid a Pentagon push to modernize arsenals and the expectation that long-held technology investments are set to pay off.
END of PDB
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Scary if true about Putin
It’s pretty much true, he has become so unbalanced that there is no way to guess what he may do. We see how he is sending his rockets into civilian apartments, schools, and nonmilitary businesses, and really doesn’t care who gets killed. NATO really needs to give Ukraine the OK to strike back at the Russians. They have Ukraine fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. Can’t win that way.
why does anyone listen to these discredited officers who haven’t won anything, but left a lot of U. S. blood lying around?
Don’t put much store in the military opinion or the media! There is so much propaganda, who knows!
We have a real brainiac here in mullen. Do u know what caged animals do, that’s right, strike back.When u have two,mentally unfit,deranged,leaders antagonizing each other,a president that says stupid shit, that everyone has to clean up because he doesn’t have a clue what he is saying.Ya, putin can send us back to the dark ages, before we could even retaliate, so it would be a good idea, to quit pushing putin, and try to negotiate, instead of hidenbiden acting tough, when everyone knows he is senile,frail,old,puppet,fool, out of touch with reality, or america may become a desolute dustbowl,thanks to an incompetent,government.