MONDAY PDB – Airman in massive classified leaks case worked on a global network essential to drone missions. Jack Teixeira's National Guard unit is part of a vast system that carries video and data from spy satellites and drone missions worldwide.
Called the Distributed Common Ground System, it is a vast computer network that handles the immense amounts of data generated by surveillance drones, spy satellites and other sensors — information that intelligence analysts rigorously vet and pass along to troops on the ground.
DESPITE HIS EGREGIOUS TREASON – Family of Pentagon leak suspect say they're supporting him. The airman first class has been accused of accessing classified information and posting government information to a social media platform.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
POLITICS
NOW THE DEMS ARE THE WARMONGERS – These Democrats are leading the call for Biden to send jets to Ukraine. Biden is facing pressure from within his own party to send fighter jets and longer-range missiles to Ukraine, as Russia continues to inflict death and destruction by air.
NATIONAL SECURITY
007 STOPPED IN A PUB AND WENT TO THE LOO – British Royal Navy submarine files left in a pub bathroom. Do not take documents about nuclear-powered attack submarines to bars.
CHINA THREAT
US Navy P-8 flies over Taiwan Strait, causing China to scramble. China's People's Liberation Army scrambled fighter jets to monitor a P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday.
Japan ocean policy vows tougher security amid China threat. It adopted a new five-year ocean policy on Friday that calls for stronger maritime security, including bolstering its coast guard's capability and cooperation with the military as China grows increasingly belligerent in regional seas.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russians seem to be baiting US jets to dogfight in Syria, says US general. Russian pilots have begun buzzing American fighter jets over Syria in apparent invitations to dogfight.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 432. Russia's defense ministry has said Russian forces took control of new areas of the eastern city of Bakhmut. The head of Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries has threatened to withdraw his troops from Bakhmut because of rising casualties.
Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot. A massive fire erupted at an oil depot after it was hit by two of Ukraine's drones, the latest in a series of attacks on the annexed peninsula as Russia braces for an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Ukraine says its air defenses shoot down 15 Russian missiles. They destroyed 15 of 18 missiles launched by Russian forces as Moscow has intensified its attacks.
Russian army numbers growing inside Ukraine, says top NATO commander. The Russian army operating in Ukraine today is larger than when the Kremlin launched its invasion in February 2022, but remains vulnerable to a Kyiv counteroffensive expected in the coming weeks.
EU nations quarrel over where to buy fresh ammo for Ukraine. As the European Union figures out how to spend €1 billion on bullets and shells for Ukraine, the buildup of a massive weapons cash pile it will use is sparking debate about the bloc's new-found appetite for arms purchases.
IRAN THREAT
PR OP – Iran TV airs footage of commandos seizing US-bound tanker. Masked Iranian navy commandos conducted a helicopter-borne raid to seize a U.S.-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
Washington must focus on Asia when targeting Tehran's drone technology procurement. Asia has long served as a critical hub for military and missile technology to the Islamic Republic.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
A friendly visit to Washington is also a crucial summit on global security. South Korea's president will discuss strengthening security cooperation with the U.S. during his state visit this week to Washington.
SPACE THREAT
SpaceX launches triple-core Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket soared into space on Sunday, kicking off a complicated mission that boosted a powerful commercial communications satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US conducts first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war. This is its first evacuation of American citizens and permanent residents from Sudan since war broke out in the capital two weeks ago. U.S. diplomats were evacuated earlier.
A-10s return to Middle East with a new mission, and a new weapon. Tensions with Iran, Russia have CENTCOM calling upon the venerable Warthog once again.
ISIS chief killed in Syria by Turkey's intelligence agency, Erdogan says. The suspected leader of the Islamic State group has been killed in Syria in an operation carried out by Turkey's MIT intelligence agency.
Marcos Jr treads a fine line over military ties as he heads to US. The Philippines president has tilted towards the U.S. since taking office a year ago but is keeping Beijing close.
US MILITARY
Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down. It announced that its pilots are grounded until they complete a mandatory safety training program in the wake of a series of deadly helicopter crashes.
END of PDB
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