WEEKEND PDB – Democrats are pushing a fabricated narrative of foreign influence to help Donald Trump in the upcoming election. Are Russia and North Korea planning an ‘October surprise' that aids Trump?
NBC wrote: “Team Biden is increasingly concerned that the intensifying military alliance between Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could vastly expand Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities and increase tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.”
BUT THAT IS ALL JOE BIDEN'S FAULT.
MEANWHILE – NBC News adds: “U.S. officials are also bracing for North Korea to potentially take its most provocative military actions in a decade close to the U.S. presidential election, possibly at Putin's urging, the officials said.”
“The timing, they said, could be designed to create turmoil in yet another part of the world as Americans decide whether to send President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump back to the White House.”
“We have no doubt that North Korea will be provocative this year. It's just a matter of how escalatory it is,” a U.S. intelligence official said.
NEITHER NBC NOR ITS SOURCES PROVIDED ANYTHING TO BACK THESE RIDICULOUS CLAIMS.
After the publication of this story, Steven Cheung, a Trump campaign spokesman, said “the only ‘October surprise' will be the look of shock” among reporters when Trump wins re-election.
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:
MEMORIAL DAY
Preserve their legacy: Old Guard places flags on graves of fallen service members at Arlington for Memorial Day. Members of the Army's oldest active-infantry unit placed flags at the graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday morning before Memorial Day weekend.
ACTUALLY, IT HONORS THOSE WHO DIED. Memorial Day honors those who served. At the White House, our military history runs deep. It's timely to note how central the armed forces have been to the White House's history.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Under Siege: Business risk in the new age of warfare. Americans have come to view warfare as a distant event occurring on some faraway battlefield. Cyberspace, however, shatters that perception and brings to America's doorstep the very real effects of wars being fought across the globe.
This Air Force security team can breach an ‘impenetrable' SCIF in one minute. It has developed a kit of portable hydraulic breaching tools that they say can break into some of the most secure rooms on most military bases: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, or ‘SCIF,' is the steel-and-concrete reinforced bunkers that store the military's deepest secrets.
Gen. Mattis on foreign influence operations: The US has never been ‘more vulnerable.' Mattis discusses U.S. vulnerability to meddling in the 2024 election, the evolution of cybersecurity as a military domain, and the impact of emerging tech on defense, among other things.
POLITICS
OF COURSE THEY SHOULD! – House proposal could derail Air Force plan to move space Guard units. Governors would maintain their authority over Air National Guard units with space missions under the latest amendment.
Netanyahu to address Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson says. Johnson had previously said he would invite Netanyahu to the House regardless of whether Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to a joint invitation.
Families of Marines killed in 2022 Osprey crash sue manufacturers. Families of four of the five Marines killed in California in June of 2022 filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging that the aircraft's manufacturers failed to address known mechanical failures that led to the deaths.
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
IGNORE THEM – What an ICJ decision could mean for Israel's Rafah operation. The International Court of Justice said it would rule Friday on emergency measures requested by South Africa for Israel to cease military operations in Gaza, especially in Rafah.
US POWER OVERSEAS
Replicator drones already being delivered. The Pentagon has started sending systems to Indo-Pacific Command as a part of Replicator — a program aimed at hastening the purchase and delivery of drones.
Biden moves to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO US ally. The US will designate Kenya as a major non-NATO U.S. ally, the first such designation for a sub-Saharan African country.
BUT BIDEN SAID NO US BOOTS ON THE GROUND! – Three US troops on Gaza pier mission sustain non-combat injuries.
More aid getting from US pier to people in Gaza, after troubled launch. A six-day-old U.S. pier project in Gaza is starting to move more supplies but conditions are challenging.
Navy ships meet up with Dutch frigate for rare training in South China Sea. The pair of U.S. warships took advantage of a rare chance to train alongside a Dutch vessel this week.
Combat course at air base in South Korea aims to forge ‘multi-capable airmen.' Every month at this fighter base south of Seoul, security forces airmen spend 10 days honing the combat skills they need to fend off an attack on the installation.
CHINA THREAT
China sends dozens of warplanes and ships near Taiwan to show its anger over island's new leaders. This, after the second day of a large military exercise launched by Beijing to show its anger over the self-governing island's inauguration of new leaders who refuse to accept that Taiwan is part of China.
Philippines says it will forge security alliances and stage combat drills despite China's opposition. The U.S. ally will continue to build security alliances and stage joint combat drills in disputed waters to defend its territorial interests, calling China's criticisms of such moves as paranoia.
Australian judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US. A Sydney judge on Friday ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the U.S., leaving the attorney general as Duggan's last hope of remaining in Australia.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russian forces may have seized first Estonian ground robot in Ukraine. This, two years after a Russian defense industry think tank announced a cash reward for the seizure of an unmanned ground vehicle operating in Ukraine.
First Ukrainian pilots graduate US F-16 training.
EUCOM skipped documentation of how Ukraine military aid was validated, IG says. American military officials in Europe didn't document the procedures they took to validate and approve Ukraine's requests for military assistance.ntry.
Russia, in new push, increasingly disrupts Ukraine's Starlink service. Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Musk's satellite internet service, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.
Shorten the war in Ukraine by closing loopholes in sanctions against Russia. While Kyiv is deploying new Western military supplies to reverse Russian gains on the battlefield, Moscow is seeking to boost its military production with export energy revenues and by evading international sanctions.
SPACE THREAT
National Reconnaissance Office launches first proliferated constellation. This will provide rapid data collection and delivery across multiple orbits.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
The military is encroaching on Mexican democracy. Mexico's socialist president has transferred vast resources and power to the military.
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Monday for their first trilateral talks since 2019.
US MILITARY
New rocket rounds give Marines ways to stay hidden while firing. Marines will soon carry an upgraded shoulder-fired rocket that they can launch from inside buildings or bunkers.
Meet the Navy's newest surface drone squadron at Naval Base San Diego.
WATCH the amphibious assault ship Wasp live fire a RIM-116 missile.
END of PDB
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