THURSDAY PDB – Space Force No. 2 says there is risk of China or Russia launching large-scale attack in orbit. China and Russia have been monitoring U.S. efforts to protect its space assets and are trying to devise ways to counter them, to include a potential large-scale attack.
The Space Force and the Department of Defense have turned to proliferated constellations to make the U.S. satellites less vulnerable to attack and say the U.S. remains ahead in space.
“Proliferation means I'm now spreading out orbitology across multiple different orbits, so that they can't just take out one satellite; they have to take out a bunch of satellites,” Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein recently said.
But when asked if even disaggregated satellites would be at risk of a “large-scale” attack, Guetlein did not hesitate.
“Yes, I do,” he said.
Guetlein cited a study that he said found the loss of GPS—which is operated by the Space Force—for even just 15 minutes would cause over a billion dollars in economic damage.
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
Trump campaign denies fighting with Arlington National Cemetery staff. Officials with former President Donald Trump's reelection campaign insist they had permission for photo ops and meetings at the memorial site.
Trump's foreign-policy influencers. Meet the 11 men whose worldviews are shaping the 2024 Republican ticket.
VALID – Legion officials jab Harris, Trump for skipping veterans conventions this summer. The American Legion's top official added that both candidates need to do more to prioritize veterans issues.
Top House GOP lawmaker calls for Biden's national security adviser to testify on Afghanistan pullout decision making. This, coming upon the three-year anniversary of America's chaotic and deadly retreat from the country.
US POWER OVERSEAS
CIA warning helped thwart ISIS attack at Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. The Agency provided intelligence to Austrian authorities that allowed them to disrupt a plot that could have killed thousands of people.
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
What to know about Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank. Terrorists are strongest in the so-called ‘refugee camps' of Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarm.
Israel agrees to brief pause in Gaza for polio vaccinations.
IRAN THREAT
Did the Pentagon match with Hezbollah on Tinder? An American freelance journalist based in Beirut, Lebanon, opened the dating app one afternoon. He was met with F-16s and a fatal warning from the U.S. military.
Risk of ‘extremely serious' oil spill grows in Red Sea following attack. International shipping authorities are very worried about a possible environmental disaster in the Red Sea following an attack by Iran-backed Houthis on a tanker carrying about a million barrels of crude oil.
CHINA THREAT
I REALLY HOPE SO! Can Taiwan count on the US if Trump wins? A disturbing diffidence from some experts in his orbit, who want Taipei to spend more on defense.
Two top Republicans want Pentagon to add Chinese battery maker CATL to restricted list. This will open a new tab to a restricted list of companies allegedly working with Beijing's military.
WASTED EFFORT. China and the US will plan a Biden-Xi call in the coming weeks, the White House says.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Why hasn't Russia kicked out Ukrainian invaders? Its own invaders are busy in Ukraine. Despite its overwhelming firepower, Russia has been unable for weeks to push Ukrainian troops back across the border, with the failure as much the result of priorities as a lack of personnel.
Zelensky to later present peace plan to Biden, Harris, Trump.
Reuters denies Russian claim its slain security adviser was British spy. The Kremlin connected the killing of security adviser Ryan Evans to foreign mercenaries aiding Ukrainian troops.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea tests upgraded multiple rocket launcher as joint drills continue in the South. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing this week at an unspecified location.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
With Italian ship visit, Japanese officials observe Italian F-35B carrier ops. This, as part of growing defense ties between Rome and Tokyo and as Japan prepares its own F-35B ‘carriers.'
HUGE! Poland's government plans record defense spending in its 2025 budget of $48.7 billion.
Germany and the UK seek a new bilateral treaty as UK's PM pursues a ‘reset' with the European Union. The two announced plans on Wednesday to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations' trade, defense and other ties.
Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement. Both sides described it as a significant upgrade to their military relationship.
Haiti's army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer.
See high-speed pursuit where 7 tons of drugs were seized by the Mexican navy. Fifteen people were arrested in what is the largest drug seizure in the current administration.
BUT WHY? Qatari-Turkish joint squadron to boost interoperability, training and security. This, five years after Turkey inaugurated a military base in Qatar.
US MILITARY
GOD BLESS HER. SEMPER FI. USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee. Three years ago on Aug. 20, 2021, she posted a photo of herself holding an Afghan baby to her Instagram account, captioning the picture, “I love my job.” The photo was taken during the final days of the Afghanistan withdrawal. She was killed soon after.
Marines' new mortar, rocket simulator delivers training with no blast. The Marine Corps expects to sling more rounds of all kinds downrange in any future conflict, which means Leathernecks need to fire more mortars, rockets and bullets in training to stay proficient.
Air Force splitting up intelligence and cyber effects organization. This, as part of the Air Force's sweeping changes to be better organized to fight a sophisticated China threat.
Air Force receives new aircraft for electronic-attack missions. The plane took off from L3Harris Technologies' facility where it was heavily adapted from a Gulfstream G550 business jet with electronic attack components built by BAE Systems.
What happens when recon airmen command and control a fighter exercise? Two military exercises earlier this month saw Airmen command and control fighter and transport aircraft across the western U.S.
WATCH – Fire the deck guns! Get behind the trigger of an MK-46 aboard an amphibious transport ship.
WATCH – Marines fire live rounds in suuupppeeerrr slooowww-mooo.
WATCH – Marines jump from a KC-130J during low-altitude training.
Pentagon's CJADC2 dreams ‘very aspirational' right now, Marine Corps general says. This, as the military services have been working for years towards the Pentagon's dream of an all-seeing, all-connected battle network.
This exercise is shaping the long-term future of Army brigades. A series of experiments with available technology and new unit configurations being tested in Louisiana will shape the future of brigade combat teams and how they deploy to tomorrow's battlefields.
Navy recruiting rebounds but falls short of boot camp goal. The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won't be able to get them all through boot camp by next month.
Advocates call for Pentagon to address poor living conditions. They are pressing the Pentagon to handle moldy, infested or otherwise dirty and dangerous barracks on U.S. bases across the globe.
END of PDB
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