TUESDAY PDB – But, of course they did – Iran-backed attacks in Middle East continue after dozens of US strikes. The U.S. is still assessing damage to infrastructure destroyed and people killed or injured after striking more than 100 targets over the weekend, but Iran-backed groups that have attacked U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Navy ships have not relented.
WEAK BIDEN RESPONSE!
WELL, GO FIND SOME! – Pentagon not aware of any Iranians being killed in recent U.S. strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria.
IDIOTS? OR INTENTIONAL? – US didn't inform Iraq about strikes beforehand, contradicting earlier White House statement.
Another ship in the Red Sea has been attacked by a suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drone. The ship traveling through the southern Red Sea was attacked early on Tuesday.
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
Trump's revival of a US missile defense plan is a job for the Space Force. Former President Donald Trump has proposed reviving an oldie but goodie from the Reagan era. He said, “I will build an Iron Dome over our country, a state-of-the-art missile defense shield made in the USA. “
New NORTHCOM, NORAD boss pledges ‘relentless' homeland defense. Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot took the helm of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command during a ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., on Feb 5.
US POWER OVERSEAS
WAR WITH VENEZUELA? – The US is increasing its urgent military aid to Guyana as neighboring Venezuela's threats linger. This, as neighboring socialist Venezuela threatens to seize a massive, oil rich part of the country's territory it has long claimed.
What's next for the US-Philippines basing agreement? The Philippines is expected to work on dozens of projects this year to upgrade military bases as part of the new agreement with the U.S.
Four B-52s arrive in Guam to support large PACAF exercise with Australia and Japan. Four B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base, N.D. are deployed to support the Pacific Air Forces' largest multilateral exercise, Cope North.
Expansive artillery drills involving 400 US soldiers also test NATO's new model. U.S. and allied troops from across Europe on Monday launched the Army's largest annual artillery exercise on the Continent, where a new command and control arrangement for NATO also is getting a trial run.
POLITICS
New aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan faces uphill battle. The Senate on Sunday released a revised foreign aid bill offering military support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after a bipartisan group of negotiators agreed to new immigration restrictions in the legislation.
IRAN THREAT
DC Guard F-16s deploy to Middle East as airstrikes continue. F-16 Fighting Falcons from the D.C. Air National Guard have joined U.S. forces in the Middle East, as the U.S. military strikes back against Iranian-linked military infrastructure.
ISRAEL'S WAR ON TERROR
Israel says it will expand operations in Rafah, Gaza's last refuge. Rafah, once a small city on the border with Egypt, has become one of the last places of refuge during Israel's war in Gaza, quintupling in population as displaced people from the northern parts of the strip sought safety.
CHINA THREAT
GRAY ZONE WARFARE – Chinese coast guard vessels enter disputed waters in East China Sea. China's Coast Guard said it patrolled the waters of the Diaoyu Islands on Tuesday – territories in the East China Sea that are claimed by China, Japan and Taiwan.
With the US busy elsewhere, Uzbekistan and China quietly cement a regional alliance. While the U.S., Russia and Europe are trying to quell (or aggravate) crises simultaneously in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Israel/Gaza, the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea/Yemen, Uzbekistan and China have quietly elevated their partnership.
China's investing billions in quantum R&D, but is Beijing making some bad bets? The US and China are racing to develop quantum technologies. But each superpower is emphasizing different applications of the same fundamental science, and some American experts think a couple of Beijing's top priorities may be dead ends.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Netherlands halts F-16 sale to US firm, will send to Ukraine instead. It scrapped plans to sell six F-16 fighters to a U.S. company and will prepare the planes for delivery to Ukraine.
Zelensky hints at major shake-up of Ukraine's government. The president said a “reset” was needed to revive the struggling war effort, adding that his plans were “about the direction of the country's leadership” and not just about replacing his top general.
OF COURSE, THEY DID – Anti-war Putin challenger faces disqualification from Russian election race. Election authorities said they've found errors in Boris Nadezhdin's signatures of endorsement.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN DISASTER
ON YOU, BIDEN – Lawmaker to vets: ‘You're justified in your rage' about Afghans' plight. As thousands of former U.S. interpreters and allies in Afghanistan await adjudication on a visa process now taking nearly two years, nearly 250 have been reported killed by the Taliban in retribution for their service.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
THAT ARMY IS CALLED ‘NATO' – EU member countries push back on Italy's call for European army. Amid calls for a common European military to stand up to an aggressive Russia and other potential threats, EU members Slovenia, Spain, Denmark and Poland say the idea is unrealistic and unnecessary.
Australian sailors to embed on US Navy submarine tender in Guam. A team of 37 Royal Australian Navy sailors are heading to Guam to learn how to maintain nuclear submarines.
US MILITARY
Army aims to double 155mm shell production by October. But hitting next year's goal of 100,000 shells per month will require Congress to approve a Ukraine aid bill.
INVASION! – Some Marines evacuated over cockroach infestation at Camp Lejeune barracks facility. After a cockroach infestation was found at a North Carolina barracks, the Marine Corps said that it moved some troops out of the building and called in pest control.
END of PDB
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