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NATIONAL SECURITY
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dies of heart attack at age 68. Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter died Monday evening after a heart attack, according to a family statement. He was 68.
House progressives retract Russia-diplomacy letter amid Dem firestorm. Party lawmakers were blindsided by Monday's release of a letter calling for direct negotiations in Ukraine, according to several people familiar with the situation.
Pelosi vows more Ukraine aid amid brewing congressional fight. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday vowed that Congress would include more assistance for Ukraine as part of the annual government funding bill.
This author sees opportunity for US in competition with China, Russia. Great Power Competition raises the specter of an end to the American moment and the rise of a new order built around China or, to a lesser degree, Russia.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Congressman Zeldin, an Army reserve officer, pitches crime message in NY governor's race. While many Republican candidates started this election year attacking Democrats over inflation, New York's Lee Zeldin had a different focus: crime.
To fix America's biodefense strategy, think smaller. It's a natural reflex for the US government to try to develop strategies to deal with issues as broadly as possible, to handle a wide array of contingencies. But Al Mauroni of Air University's Center for Strategic Deterrent Studies argues that the Biden's biodefense strategy, expanding on past strategies, has grown too cumbersome and is in need of a cure of its own.
CHINA THREAT
Working from ‘clean sheet,' China building up space power at ‘incredible rate,' USSF leaders say. China is building up its space capabilities at an “incredible rate”—and it has done so by embracing needed principles the U.S. has historically been slow to adopt, top Space Force officials said Oct. 25.
The ‘anti-navy' the US needs against the Chinese military. The U.S. is set to be weakest when the People's Liberation Army aims to be strongest.
Quad nations should establish a permanent maritime force, retired Navy admiral says. The United States should combine with India, Australia and Japan to launch a standing Indo-Pacific maritime force to counter China, according to a former U.S. chief of naval operations.
Risking the war we don't want. The U.S. Armed Forces are in the throes of what is being billed “generational change” after two decades of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. To varying degrees, each of the services has adopted a “divest to invest” business model whereby some capabilities and weapons systems are cut from force structure to develop, acquire and field other capabilities and weapons systems. China's increasingly assertive moves toward global superpower status are cited as both the reason to change and the justification for certain specialized changes.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia has notified US about planned nuclear drills – Pentagon. Russia has notified the United States about its plans to carry out exercises of its nuclear forces, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, declining to offer further details about drills expected to include test launches of ballistic missiles.
Ukraine war proves Western technology is superior, German general says. Russia's flagging invasion of its smaller neighbor Ukraine is demonstrating just how effective Western technologies are and how those who wield them maintain an advantage, according to German Air Force Gen. Chris Badia.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 245. A senior Ukrainian official predicted “the heaviest of battles” to come for the partially Russian-occupied strategic southern province of Kherson and said Moscow's military is digging in to face advancing Ukrainian forces.
US considers HAWK air defense equipment for Ukraine. The United States is considering sending older HAWK air defense equipment from storage to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
Ukrainian forces advance against Russian fighters in Kherson and Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces continued their advance against the Russian military in the southern Kherson region Tuesday, pushed back Russian mercenaries from Bakhmut in eastern Donetsk, and gained new momentum in Luhansk, where they seized a key highway between the towns of Kreminna and Svatove.
Mercenary chief vented to Putin over Ukraine war bungling. Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian tycoon behind mercenary group Wagner, personally told Vladimir Putin that military chiefs are mismanaging the war, U.S. officials said.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, Japan, S Korea vow response if N Korea tests nuclear bomb. US says full military capabilities will be used, including nuclear, to protect its allies South Korea and Japan.
North Korea would capitalize on a fight over Taiwan, South Korean diplomat says. Seoul “should be fully prepared” for North Korean provocations in the event of a crisis between China and Taiwan, South Korea's chief diplomat said this week.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US launches airstrike to assist Somali forces under attack. The U.S. conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Sunday against al-Shabab, killing two, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday.
SPACE THREAT
2024 budget to reflect Space Force, NRO accord on tracking moving targets from orbit. The Defense Department and the Intelligence Community have reached a “consensus opinion” on how to parcel out responsibility for tracking moving targets on the ground from space, Space Force vice chief Gen. DT Thompson said today.
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We MUST do whatever is necessary to confront the CCP on all levels of defense. This would include all island chains within shooting range and fighter aircraft.