THURSDAY PDB – Flashpoint for war. US sends drone ships to Western Pacific in first deployment near China. Autonomous vessels could aid Navy in tracking China’s fleet and provide attack options.
I just returned from South China Sea. The CCP is not yet done there. China’s voyage toward world dominance sails through the South China Sea.
Air Force general defends incendiary memo about coming war with China but says ‘war is not inevitable.’ Minihan says a mindset of urgency helped produce three “game-changing” concepts in a recent exercise.
White House told US ambassador to Japan to stop taunting China on social media. Rahm Emanuel has mocked Chinese leader Xi Jinping, speculating about the recent disappearance of a top official.
I WOULD TELL HIM TO KEEP TAUNTING AWAY.
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:
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
CQ BROWN IS WOKE – Top military leaders set for confirmation after surprise Senate deal. The Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown as the new Joint Chiefs chairman by a 83-11 vote Wednesday night. BROWN HAS CHAMPIONED RACE OVER MERIT IN PROMOTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS.
MANY LIED TO JOIN – Pentagon to revisit ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ discharges. The Pentagon unveiled the new efforts Wednesday.
UPHOLDING OTHER AMERICAN VALUES IS ALSO CENTRAL – Three Chaplains follow Muslim fight for military religious freedom. Upholding the First Amendment is often viewed as central to defending the U.S. Constitution.
NATIONAL SECURITY
U.N. IS USELESS – Zelensky accuses UN of inaction on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader called for suspending Russia’s veto power over the U.N. Security Council as it stymies the most punitive proposals in response to the war.
RUSSIA THREAT– UKRAINE WAR
Zelenskyy to meet US military leaders in first visit to the Pentagon since war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to visit the Pentagon on Thursday.
Ukraine war inspires weapons that crack battle tanks at weakest point. Western weapons aimed at cracking battle tanks from the top, their weakest point, or that can rain down thousands of metal fragments on dug-in infantry from falling drones.
Ukrainian tactics put Russia on the defensive in the Black Sea. Using innovative attacks, Ukraine has eroded Russia’s formidable naval advantage, and it is starting to reopen ports.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 575. Ukraine and Russia launched waves of drone attacks overnight with a fire reported at the Kremenchuk oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava region. The refinery has been attacked repeatedly by Russia.
Poland stops supplying weapons to Ukraine as grain row escalates. One of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbor, as a diplomatic dispute over grain escalates.
House GOP in no rush to give more Ukraine aid after $6 billion error. Previously supportive Republicans are wary of passing more Ukraine aid, but the Pentagon says its accounting error allows it to transfer more weapons.
IRAN THREAT
US Air Force general in Mideast worried over Russia-Iran ‘cooperation.’ Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal.
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu tours missile, drone display on Iran visit. Sergey Shoigu meets senior military and security officials on visit to Tehran, says Russia-Iran ties have reached a new level.
BIDEN JUST REWARDED IRAN WITH $6 BILLION – A year of protests and repression in Iran. We hear from family members impacted by the government’s harsh crackdown and how Iran’s repression playbook works.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
North Korea says Kim Jong Un is back home from Russia. During Kim’s six-day trip to Russia, the two countries said they discussed boosting their defense ties but didn’t disclose any specific steps.
SPACE THREAT
Space Force looking to fill tech ‘gaps,’ and ‘evolve’ space domain awareness: Saltzman. The space ops chief wants systems that can gather “exquisite, high fidelity information about what’s going on” in geosynchronous Earth orbit “and beyond,” more sensors in the Southern Hemisphere to keep an eye on low Earth orbit, and a better way to fuse data.
DARPA wants new ideas for space weapons. The Pentagon wants fresh ideas on how to maintain military superiority in space.
AUKUS security pact should expand to include space monitoring: MITRE. “Each nation possesses unique advantages, technological capacities, and strategic geographic locations that combined can significantly advance our understanding of what’s going on in space.”
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
F-16s, AC-130, and more exercise over remote Alaskan regions. U.S. and Canadian forces recently conducted joint exercises around some of the most remote, austere islands in Alaska.
Australia to focus R&D on asymmetric warfighting, chief scientist says. Australia has two defining military efforts taking shape — the implementation of its Defense Strategic Review at home and the kickoff of a trilateral technology-sharing agreement — that are changing the way the nation’s defense and innovation industries interact.
Israel unveils new Barak tank with AI, sensors and cameras. Israel on Tuesday unveiled its new Barak tank for the military’s Armored Corps, a platform equipped with artificial intelligence, sensors, radar and small cameras.
Venezuela sends 11,000 troops to retake prison. One of its biggest prisons had been overrun by a powerful criminal gang.
US MILITARY
Pentagon eyes microelectronics hubs across US to bolster chip industry. The Defense Department is establishing eight regional microelectronics hubs in seven states aimed at helping spur manufacturing innovation to bolster the domestic semiconductor industrial base.
This is what it’s like to maintain the US nuclear arsenal. The jobs are exacting and often require a deft touch. That’s because many of the maintenance tasks must be performed by hand.
END of PDB
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Xi, as is Putin, is channeling Hitler in 1939. Europeans are largely responding as they did then as well.
nice
Watch for it China will hack the drone ships ans use themto start the war.
and also
Who hacjked the F35 and ejected the piulot???
Trump created more peace than anyone and the Biden regime creates more wars and tension and keeps pushing for World War so they can declare total control of America. The writing was on the wall in congress long ago
Communist China never a peaceful country for 84 yrs Previous Governments always such naive overlook the factors wants thinking one day’s America’s industry’s can worked together with communists as always a thieves dictates killers regimes deadly propaganda juice all in looming the United States again is the biggest failure’s in the 21 centuries can’t never be reversed back to normal again have we finally learned something old !?
Prep for WW3 ahead