WEDNESDAY PDB – As its war in Ukraine grinds on, Russia is pushing limits elsewhere. US says Russia's military actions in Syria raise risk of escalation. Russian jet fighters have repeatedly flown dangerously close to American jet fighters in the Middle Eastern country.
“It's a ripe situation for us to see some sort of miscalculation,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who oversees U.S. military operations in the skies above Syria and 20 other nations in the Middle East and Southeast Asia as head of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
“It signals a breakdown in professionalism that I have never seen out of the Russian Air Force,” he said.
MEANWHILE: German Air Force intercepts Russian jets over Baltic Sea. It said it had intercepted Russian reconnaissance flights. Russian military aircraft regularly fly between mainland Russia and the Kaliningrad exclave, passing over the Baltic Sea.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of other developing stories.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
NATIONAL SECURITY
BIDEN REFUSES TO CALL CHINA AN ADVERSARY – Russia and China are waging a propaganda war against the US — why are we silent? Team Biden, like most of their recent predecessors, defensively deny that U.S. policy is to contain, hold down, or wage a new Cold War against China.
SOUND FAMILIAR? – US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan. The White House said the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the east African nation, after the U.S. Embassy evacuated all of its diplomatic personnel and shut down.
HOMELAND SECURITY
VERY TRUE – Congress to Pentagon: Don't go too far in locking down classified info. “There's a lot of stuff that gets classified that really shouldn't be,” Sen. John Cornyn said.
Russian spy intrigue fizzles in Coast Guard vet, wife ID theft case. U.S. prosecutors are now saying they don't want the jury to hear about photographs showing the couple wearing foreign uniforms.
CHINA THREAT
COUNTERING A CHINESE BLOCKADE IS KEY – Taiwan military drills to focus on combating blockade of island. Two-stage Han Kuang drills start next month amid heightened tension across the strait after recent China war games.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
As pressure builds, US keeps mum on Ukraine's cluster-munitions request. Proponents and military leaders note their tactical benefits, but strategic concerns may quash the deal.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 427. A senior Ukrainian official has said improving and extending a deal on the export of its grain can only succeed if the international community pressures Russia. Earlier, the UN Secretary-General wrote to Vladimir Putin proposing a “way forward aimed at the improvement, extension and expansion” of the agreement.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
Biden to unveil new efforts to protect S. Korea from nukes. He will use this week's celebratory state visit by South Korea's president to underscore that the U.S. is ready to step up efforts to deter a North Korean attack on South Korea.
SPACE THREAT
US is concerned about rivals' space threats, leaked documents show. Russia's program is in tatters, hurt by international sanctions and competition with SpaceX, while China's is showing increasing capabilities.
‘Victus Nox' mission to push Space Force closer to on-demand launch. Members of Firefly Aerospace's team received text alerts from the Space Force saying their Alpha rocket needed to be ready to launch a military mission within 24 hours.
Secretive ‘SILENTBARKER' satellites to launch late summer as space monitoring demands grow. Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office is pushing the Space Force to move faster to integrate commercial Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities in order to fill capability gaps.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
What's behind the fighting in Sudan, and what is at stake? Sudan's military is battling the RSF, a paramilitary group — a conflict that has unleashed countrywide violence.
PODCAST – Global Jihad update: West Africa to Southeast Asia. Unpacking updates on the global Jihad from West Africa to Southeast Asia, including CENTCOM's announcement of a helicopter raid that targeted a senior Islamic State official.
Sweden's NATO membership hangs in the balance with Turkey's election. Next month, when Turks go to the polls, they will be doing more than deciding the domestic future of the country — they likely will also be determining Sweden's future with NATO.
OOOPS – Rocket launched from Sweden accidentally lands in Norway. The wayward rocket launched from northern Sweden lands in an uninhabited area of Norway.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN DISASTER
GOOD RIDDANCE – BUT SHOULD BIDEN GIVE THEM A MEDAL? – Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The senior Islamic State group leader was reportedly behind the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members, and scores of Afghan civilians.
US MILITARY
WOW – Aircraft carrier Nimitz makes history with 350,000th arrested landing. This marked a historic milestone for the oldest-serving U.S.-commissioned aircraft carrier in the world.
CUTS BOTH WAYS, HUH? – Female commander investigated over alleged sexual assaults of male subordinates, pattern of harassment. A top officer in the Army's 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade has been investigated following allegations of multiple sexual assaults and a pattern of sexual harassment.
END of PDB
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