TUESDAY PDB – A second drone strike in two days has attacked a skyscraper in the heart of Moscow's financial district, reminding Russians that Ukrainian-made drones are capable of striking Russia's capital.
Russia intercepts new wave of drones over Moscow, office tower hit. One of the intercepted aircraft damaged the same office tower that was hit in an attack over the weekend.
The latest drone strikes against the IQ-Quarter skyscraper in Moskva-City business district underscore Moscow's vulnerability as Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.
The IQ-Quarter, located 4.5 miles (7.2km) west of the Kremlin, contains the offices of several government agencies, including the Ministry for Economic Development.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that “the war is gradually coming back to Russian territory.”
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
GOOD RIDDANCE – Pentagon chief of personnel, diversity and inclusion to depart post. The Defense Department's head of personnel and readiness announced his upcoming departure on Monday. DON'T REPLACE.
THE PRICE OF GOING WOKE – Poll says confidence in US military lowest in 25 years. NO BUENO.
Alabama GOP lawmaker blames ‘far-left' politics for SPACECOM HQ decision. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said the White House's decision to base the HQ in Colorado rather than in his home state was “driven by far-left politics, not national security.”
Tuberville blasts Biden's Space Command decision: ‘This is absolutely not over.' Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) blasted Biden's decision to keep the Space Command HQ in Colorado, overturning former President Trump's decision to move it to Alabama.
CHINA THREAT
WELL, FIND OUT! – Who's buying up land around major Air Force base in California? ‘We have no idea.' A mysterious investment company is buying up large tracts of land around a California Air Force base, raising questions about who is behind the firm — and its intentions — amid growing fears about Chinese businesses acquiring land near American military sites.
China moves to curb drone exports, citing Ukraine war. China to restrict exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia's war in Ukraine and concern that drones might be converted to military use.
Let's celebrate a half-century of GPS by catching up to China. Earlier this year, a Presidential Advisory Board recommended that we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of approval of the Global Positioning System as an official government program. But now China is ahead.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 524. Six people were killed and 75 wounded in Kryvyi Rih following a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city, officials said.
Russia says thwarts Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea navy ships. Three Ukrainian sea drones attacked two Russian Black Sea navy ships 340 km (211 miles) southwest of Sevastopol and were destroyed, TASS cited Russia's defense ministry. Russia has said it would treat any ships leaving or entering Ukrainian ports as valid targets after the ending the Black Sea grain deal last month.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US, South Korean navies carry out anti-submarine drill after military parade in Pyongyang. This, in response to North Korea's “escalating” missile tests.
SPACE THREAT
Elon Musk's unmatched power in the stars. The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
See Artemis 2 moon astronauts train with US Navy for Orion splashdown. A safe moon mission requires getting in the water first. The four astronauts of Artemis 2 recently met with recovery operators to prep for training. The four are scheduled to fly around the moon in November 2024.
HOMELAND SECURITY
FBI needs new limits on use of foreign spy data, says advisory board. It should stop using a U.S. spy database of foreigners' emails and other communications for investigating crimes that aren't related to national security, White House intelligence advisers recommended.
West Virginia National Guard deploys to US-Mexico border. Dozens of West Virginia National Guard soldiers will assist Texas' operation Lone Star throughout August.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US to introduce UN resolution for multinational force in Haiti. State Department says US will provide resources to the force after Kenya expresses willingness to lead Haiti mission.
ISIL claims responsibility for Pakistan bombing that killed 54 people. Funerals held for the victims of Sunday's suicide attack, which also wounded nearly 200 people.
US MILITARY
The military's latest handgun might not be safe. In 2017, the SIG Sauer P320 won the U.S. Army's Handgun System competition. Adopted as the full-size M17 and compact M18, the P320 became the U.S. military's standard sidearm, replacing the Beretta M9. However, SIG's flagship pistol is also the center of multiple unintended discharge investigations and lawsuits.
Space Command to stay in Colorado after Biden rejects move to Alabama. Joe Biden is keeping the headquarters in Colorado, overturning a last-ditch decision by the Trump administration to move it to Alabama.
US Army developing LASSO tank-killing drone for infantry. It kicked off a program to quickly provide soldiers a portable, tank-busting drone, amid ballooning use of similar equipment in the Russia-Ukraine war.
GOP Lawmakers urge defense leaders to send Bowe Bergdahl to trial again. The group is pushing Defense Department to retry the Army Sgt for desertion after his conviction was thrown out by a federal judge last week.
END of PDB
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NATO needs to give Ukraine long range missiles, and modern fighter aircraft, so they can do to Russia what Putin has been doing to the civilian people,cities, and buildings in Ukraine. Make the people of Russia pay the same price for this war that the people of Ukraine has been paying. Even Putin isn’t stupid enough, or sick enough, to follow through on his statement that he would use nukes if they start losing the war. Well his army has been losing for awhile now, and no nukes have been used yet. He has to realize if he resorts to using nukes that he will have the same thing used against his country.