WEDNESDAY PDB – Joe Biden’s weaponized Justice Department (DOJ) continues its outrageous partisan witch hunt by indicting a service member who simply walked into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Arresting active, reserve and former service members on trumped-up charges furthers the false narrative that the U.S. military has an ‘extremism’ problem.
5th active-duty service member arrested on Jan. 6 charges. Biden’s DOJ has arrested an active-duty Navy sailor on charges stemming from his ‘activity’ at the U.S. Capitol riot.
HE PEACEFULLY WALKED INTO THE CAPITOL FOR THREE MINUTES!
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
Why neutrality is obsolete in the 21st century. As Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.
GIVING CHINA ARCTIC ACCESS – Russia to hold Arctic drills with non-Arctic nations. It will kick-off multilateral drills across its Arctic territory this week, drawing in participants from nine non-Arctic nations to test Russian-made equipment.
POLITICS
IDIOTS – Washington Post blasted over editorial that suggested cutting veterans’ disability benefits. “If the Editorial Board is so worried about moral responsibility, maybe they should pick up a weapon and stand a post.”
Afghanistan war veteran announces primary challenge against liar Santos. Kellen Curry, an Afghanistan war veteran announced a primary challenge against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), becoming the first Republican to take on the embattled congressman who has faced calls to resign.
CHINA THREAT
China’s new role for its nuclear submarines has the Pentagon’s attention. China’s military has adopted a policy of keeping at least one nuclear-capable submarine at sea at all times.
Taiwan’s president quietly met with US senators ahead of Kevin McCarthy sit-down. Beijing has threatened retaliation if the House speaker meets with Tsai Ing-wen.
With eye on China, Japan to offer military aid to like-minded countries. It unveiled a new program to strengthen the militaries of like-minded countries by providing “official security assistance” — breaking with its previous policy of avoiding development aid for military purposes other than disaster relief.
Australia in China’s shadow: Lessons for other nations from Canberra-Beijing relations. “Australia has provided an imperfect but nevertheless useful exemplar of how governments can respond effectively to China’s multifarious security challenges.”
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
BLANK CHECK? – US to send Ukraine another $2.6 billion in military aid. The latest U.S. package brings the total amount of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to more than $35.1 billion since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Zelenskyy visits Warsaw, against backdrop of angry Polish farmers. Ukraine’s leader will discuss issues including grain export tensions and sending more weapons to Kyiv.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 406. After decades of neutrality, Finland has become the 31st member of NATO. The alliance intends to ensure that Sweden, whose membership has been held up by Turkey and Hungary, will also join. The French president and the European Commission president fly into Beijing on Wednesday on a three-day state visit to China set to focus on Ukraine.
US to start training Ukrainians on Abrams tanks ‘relatively soon,’ said a senior U.S. defense official.
NATO treads fine line on Ukraine membership. Even some of Kyiv’s closest partners in the alliance are hesitant.
US sending experimental anti-drone weapons to Ukraine. SAIC is among defense contractor companies contending for a crash Army effort to help the country down Iranian-made drones.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
US B-52 bomber joins exercise with South Korean military. The strategic bomber joined military exercises with South Korea in the latest demonstration of the allies’ readiness to respond to any North Korean provocation.
SPACE THREAT
Navy’s first ‘space summit’ focuses on shoring up Space Force support for maritime mission. The meeting was “step one” to better coordination with the military’s newest branch.
Kenya to launch first operational satellite next week. At least 13 African countries have built 48 satellites. None has been launched from African soil. Taifa-1, or ‘one nation’ in Swahili, should launch April 10 on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US troops have already trained at four new shared-access bases in the Philippines. American forces are well acquainted with the sites where rotational U.S. forces may be stationed ‘indefinitely.’
NATO plans record air exercise as Finland joins alliance. Air Defender 2023 exercise will include 100 U.S. aircraft, 2,000 troops, in “largest transatlantic movement” the Air National Guard has ever done.
US airstrike kills senior ISIS leader in Syria. It conducted the strike on Monday.
BIDEN’S AFGHAN DISASTER
THANK YOU, JOE – Taliban order bans Afghan female staff at UN.
US MILITARY
Keeping the stealth F-22 credible through 2030 will cost at least $9 billion. Preserving the Raptor‘s ability to prevail in air combat through the end of the decade will cost more than $9 billion, and that figure depends on lawmakers allowing the Air Force to divest 32 of the oldest fighters.
BIG PROBLEM – US shipyards can’t build destroyers fast enough. The Pentagon wants to scale back purchases of Navy destroyers, it appears, saying the two shipyards that build destroyers — including Bath Iron Works — can’t produce the warships fast enough.
FUTURE WAR – The US Army moves to tweak its formations for future conflicts. It plans to spend next two years finalizing key decisions on what its future formational design will look like in the 2040s.
The Marines want to invest millions in underwater escape training. It aims to close loopholes that had left too many Marines unprepared for a water emergency.
END of PDB
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