WEDNESDAY PDB – So much for Obama-Biden nuclear disarmament – Joe Biden approved secret nuclear strategy refocusing on Chinese threat. The highly classified nuclear strategic plan, for the first time, reorients America's deterrent strategy to focus on China's rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal.
The shift comes as the Pentagon believes China's stockpiles will rival the size and diversity of the U.S. and Russia over the next decade.
MEANWHILE, WE ARE ALSO HOPING WE CAN DETER CHINA CONVENTIONALLY.
The Pentagon is planning a drone ‘Hellscape' to defend Taiwan. China will likely launch a full-scale invasion of Taiwan within the next few years. And when that happens, the US military has a relatively straightforward response in mind: Unleash hell.
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:
NATIONAL SECURITY
Pentagon unveils new biodefense-focused supercomputer. The new system is part of a collaboration with the Department of Energy-sponsored Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Book review: Former Pentagon insider says US unwilling to release all its UFO info.
US military announces $20M US grant to build cobalt refinery in Ontario. This is the largest move so far in a novel national-security effort to fund mining initiatives in Canada.
How a 1950s-era law has become a flashpoint for the US arms industry. The Pentagon and Capitol Hill are split over the future of the Defense Production Act that helps the U.S. quickly ramp up key industries.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Army, police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shooting. Both failed to intervene in a gunman's psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist.
POLITICS
Trump clarifies Medal of Honor comments, calls it the ‘ultimate' honor. Former President Donald Trump this weekend worked to clarify his controversial remarks on the Medal of Honor from last week noting the bodily sacrifices of troops who earn it, and how “it is a painful thing to get.”
50 GOP military veteran congressmen sign letter denouncing Walz. The letter to Gov. Tim Walz, condemns the Democratic vice-presidential nominee for “egregious misrepresentations” of his military service and calls on him to “come clean.”
WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE? Biden sees a very fine ‘point' on ‘both sides.' The president shows more sympathy for antisemites than Donald Trump did after Charlottesville.
DNC offers few clues on Harris's foreign policy. A botched rollout of the party platform shows how foreign policy is a sideshow in U.S. elections.
Focus on veterans, military personnel part of Democrats' newly approved election year platform. The new 91-page platform calls for meeting a “sacred obligation” to care for troops, families and veterans.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez resigns from Senate after bribery convictions. He took actions that benefited Egypt's government in exchange for bribes, including providing details on personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and ghostwriting a letter to fellow senators regarding lifting a hold on military aid to Egypt.
US POWER OVERSEAS
The Pentagon is shipping new pieces to Guam's air-defense puzzle. The Missile Defense Agency is preparing for a first test later this year of an initial capability designed to protect the strategic Pacific Island of Guam from air and missile threats.
REFORPAC: The new Indo-Pacific exercise debuting in 2025. The Air Force will flood airmen and aircraft into the Indo-Pacific next summer for a major two-week exercise that will coincide with the multinational Talisman Sabre training event.
Air Force preparing to buy new long-endurance drones for Task Force 99 in Middle East. The unit performs intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities and experiments with cutting-edge technologies.
US amphibious flattop stops in Japan amid long-delayed deployment. The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer steamed into Tokyo Bay over the weekend for a stop on its first deployment in five years.
ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST TERROR
Israel is winning. But Lasting Victory Against Hamas Will Require Installing New Leadership in Gaza.
IRAN THREAT
Iranian military official hints strike on Israel may be delayed. An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps leader suggested that a widely feared regional conflict might be averted, at least for the moment.
CHINA THREAT
Let the Marine Corps test force design in the grey zone. It has been five years since the Marines divested some of what many considered to be key warfighting capabilities to buy anti-ship missiles with which to deny China control of the South China Sea (SCS) in favor of a new approach to operations designed around island-hopping.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
How a general's blunder left Russia's border vulnerable. Earlier this year, Moscow's new military appointee overseeing security in the Kursk province dismantled a council tasked with protecting the vulnerable border region. He said the military alone had the strength and the resources to protect Russia's border.
Ukraine pushes for long-range strikes as troops advance in Russia. The Ukrainian advance into Russia's Kursk region has put renewed pressure on the U.S. to lift a policy that restricts Kyiv from using American-made weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
Some Ukraine NATO allies are failing to follow through on air-defense pledges. They are also falling short on pledges to accelerate deliveries of other military equipment to fend off Russia's offensive.
Germany affirms Ukraine military aid. Amid murmurings in Berlin that the country may curtail its military support for Ukraine, the government on Monday confirmed a long list of scheduled deliveries for Kyiv, including dozens of armored vehicles, rocket launchers and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Libya's instability will worsen further without a unified government and elections, UN envoy says. The oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” over the past two months.
From the Great White North to the South China Sea: 10 days on patrol aboard Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Montréal. A 10,000-ton China Coast Guard ship sailed past the Royal Canadian Navy frigate.
Construction underway on $1 billion NATO base in Lithuania to house German brigade. The new base is near Lithuania's border with Russian ally Belarus that is set to house thousands of German troops when it's completed in 2027.
US MILITARY
Pentagon watchdog to review JLOTS system used for Gaza aid pier. Just weeks after the U.S. military dismantled its aid pier off the Gaza Strip, ending its mission there, the Pentagon's internal watchdog has launched an investigation into the capability used to build the pier.
Marine Corps lays out plan for Harrier crews as stalwart aircraft flies into sunset. Earlier this year, AV-8Bs were flying around the eastern Mediterranean on a deterrence mission amid the Israel war. The aircraft was proving its worth once again, as it has for more than 40 years.
WATCH – amphibious combat vehicles plunge into the water during launch and recovery drills.
WATCH – F-35B launch and recovery ops aboard the amphibious assault ship America.
Army activates Arctic Aviation Command for extreme cold flying. Army helicopter crews assigned to fly and operate in arctic conditions will now answer to leadership based with them at the newly activated command at Fort Wainwright, just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, rather than commanders in Hawaii or near Seattle.
Pentagon reveals 5 more funded RDER projects, including a top Marine priority. The Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve has successfully transitioned at least seven technology projects to the services so far, from high-altitude balloons to underwater communications.
END of PDB
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As evil as this old goat is I wouldn’t be surprised if the ass starts a nuclear war just to screw the America and it’s people.