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NATIONAL SECURITY
NEED MORE SHIPS! โย The Navy is unprepared to fight in two conflicts at once with current fleet size, the service's top officer tells senators. Should Russia and China launch competing world conflicts, the Navy is unprepared to fight two wars in separate regions without additional ships, the service's top officer told senators on Thursday.
HOMELAND SECURITY
HMMM โย FBI told Israel it wanted Pegasus hacking tool for investigations. A 2018 letter from the bureau to the Israeli government is the clearest documentary evidence toย date that the agency weighed using the spyware for law enforcementย operations.
CHINA THREAT
PORCUPINE DEFENSE โย The US may be using Ukraine as a blueprint for how Taiwan could stop a Chinese invasion.ย The U.S. reportedly wants to armย Taiwanย with the same types of portable weapons that the United States and other NATO members have been providing to Ukraine, such asย Javelin and Stinger missiles to accelerate its efforts to make Taiwan harder for any invader to swallow โย like a porcupineย โ based on lessons learned from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
DANGEROUS โย Satellite images โsuggest China is practicing missile strikes on targets in Taiwan and Guam.'ย The Chinese military has refined its anti-ship missile training from striking large,ย carrier-sized targetsย to smaller ships and naval bases, according to recent satellite images. They show a training base in Xinjiang's remote Taklamakan desert with the layout of a mock-up ship moored in a naval base that resembles one in northeast Taiwan and other targets in Guam, according to a Taipei-based naval analyst.
RUSSIA THREAT
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 79. Russian forces have likely taken control of all Rubizhne and Voevodivka in the Luhansk region, the Institute for the Study of War has said. Rocket attacks intensified on Ukraine's central Poltavaย region, โperhaps the most intense for the duration of the warโ, the regional governor has said.
KEEP IT UP! โย Ukraine holds line in Donbas as Western heavy arms join fight. More than three weeks after the massive Russian offensive that aims to encircle Ukraine's bestย forces in Donbas kicked off, Moscow's achievements so far are limited at best.
INDEED โย Ukrainian strikes against Russian vessels are more than just lucky hits. The destruction of at least eight Russian vessels in recent weeks has provided a morale boost for Ukraine, which managed to take them out despite having littleย naval capability of its own.
NATO KEEPS GETTING BIGGER โย US leads exercise in NATO's newest member.ย U.S. troops joined forces from Britain, France, Italy, and allied countries in the region Thursday in a military exercise held inย NATO's newest member, North Macedonia, aimed at displaying deployment readiness along the alliance's eastern borders.
IRAN THREAT
THANKย YOU, BIDEN โย Iran's hard-liners believe they're winning on nuclear weapons. In the Tehran echo chamber, Putin's war in Ukraine is another indication of the cost of trusting America.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
AND BIDEN DISASTER IN AFGHANISTAN โย In Middle East, US general hears concerns about American commitment. U.S. Army General Michael โErikโ Kurilla, who took over as head of Central Command last month, is compiling a 90-day assessment of the U.S. military's effortsย in a region once at the core of a foreign policy now more focused on China, Russia and the war in Ukraine.
BIDEN'S AFGHAN DISASTER
THANK YOU, BIDEN โย Taliban tightens gender segregation rules in Afghanistan's Herat. Men and women dining out together or strolling in parks is now forbidden in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, Taliban authorities have said.
US MILITARY AND SPACE
CUTTING-EDGE โย Marine Raiders tackle โinfluencing' to disrupt adversaries before the fight. Strategic reconnaissance and irregular warfare are the future.
First-of-kind Marine littoral regiment plays with new concepts, weapons. The U.S. Marine Corps' first unit designed to carry out new concepts of operations conducted its first exercise in the Philippines and is now preparing toย start a range of experimentation and training events this year.
YES โย Army poised to revamp Alaska forces to prep for Arctic fight. The U.S. Army is poised to revamp its forces in Alaska to better prepare for future cold-weather conflicts, and it is expected to replace the larger, heavily equipped Stryker Brigade in the state with a more mobile infantry unit better suited for the frigid fight, Army leaders say.
FINALLY, SOMETHING CONCRETE โย Texas doctor's new research links onset of Gulf War illness in some veterans to sarin gas exposure. New research from a Texas doctor has linked the onset of Gulf War illness in some veterans to exposure to the deadly nerve gas sarin.
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2 Comments
It would appear the DOD Top brASS has wasted trillions the past 75 years and loved every minute of it!
Not prepared!! What did the DOD and US Navy Top brASS waste trillions of dollars on?