At his recent meeting with the Thai Prime Minister and defense leader in Bangkok, Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Lloyd Austin noted how America’s unparalleled network of allies and partners allows the U.S. to “walk and chew gum at the same time.” This was primarily in reference to promoting its security interests in Asia and the Pacific while the U.S. increases its commitment to NATO and supporting Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. Defense Department News reported on how the U.S. is defending both regions, noting that: …the U.S. military has worked to reassure NATO allies with the addition of more than 20,000 U.S. service members in…
Author: Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for office, taught political science, wrote for a major newspaper and had his own radio show. Paul has also been a defense contractor with the Pentagon. He brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty — at home and from abroad.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries or dive deeper via the linked articles. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. ** For additional intel on the Russia-Ukraine war and other hot topics we can’t fit here, please also subscribe to ‘Paul’s Defense Brief’ at paulcrespo.substack.com READ TODAY’S PDB BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY Retired general resigns from Brookings amid FBI probe.…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] The historically neutral Nordic country of Finland – which shares an 810-mile-long border and history of war with Russia – is currently applying for NATO membership. Fearing Russian reprisals, and hybrid threats, which could include sending hordes of asylum-seeking migrants to its borders, as Belarus did last year against Poland, Finland is rushing to strengthen its border, reports Reuters. A member of the European Union (EU), Finland would be an easy target for asylum seekers sent by Russia. At the moment the forest-covered border zone between the two countries is only marked with signs, plastic lines, and occasionally light wooden fences,…
Even as a man was arrested in an apparent murder attempt of Justice Brett Kavanaugh earlier this month, the extreme left-wing group named after the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Ruth Sent Us – is inciting its far-left followers to launch angry, and illegal, protests at the church and home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.The pro-abortion group also appears to be pushing its followers to target her children at school.As I wrote earlier, far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) bragged about blocking a bill to provide the Justices and their families 24-hour protection the day after the…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries or dive deeper via the linked articles. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. ** For additional intel on the Russia-Ukraine war and other hot topics we can’t fit here, please also subscribe to ‘Paul’s Defense Brief’ at paulcrespo.substack.com READ TODAY’S PDB BELOW: HOMELAND SECURITY Pence — not Trump — asked Guard troops…
Military aviation experts note that the ‘Darkstar’ hypersonic jet in Tom Cruise’s latest movie, “Top Gun: Maverick,” might offer a sneak peek at what might be the SR-72 – the super-secret experimental spy plane under development by Lockheed Martin. (RELATED: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – Movie Irks China by Bringing Back Taiwan and Japan Flags on Flight Jacket) To help director Joseph Kosinski and Paramount Pictures, engineers from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works partnered with the Top Gun production team to design what might be a variant of their hypersonic SR-72 plane with a few modifications to make it look even cooler…
ANALYSIS – According to a poll by the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published June 1, and focused on ‘Hard Right Ideas,’ such as ‘White Replacement Theory,’ Democrats were actually more likely than Republicans to support political violence such as assassinating politicians they disagree with. This should provide a wake-up call to Democrats obsessed with the January 6 Capitol riot and Team Biden, which is engaged in its political witch hunt against white supremacists and right-wing domestic extremists. The far-left is a violent domestic threat equal to, or greater than, anything on the right. Still, according to the poll, it’s not just younger…
Sig Sauer (Sig) is on a roll. Soon after winning the contract for the Army’s new infantry rifle with its innovative MCX SPEAR weapon, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has announced its intent to buy the company’s highly regarded MCX Rattler short-barreled rifles (SBRs) for its Personal Defense Weapons (PDW) needs. (RELATED: Army’s New Infantry Rifle Coming Soon With Winchester 6.8mm Ammo, Vortex Optics) PDWs are designed for use in close quarters combat (CQB), or confined spaces like a vehicle or by helicopter crews, and their rifle ballistics allow them to penetrate heavy body armor. I’m a big fan of the…
ANALYSIS – Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called for heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery, but especially multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). However, most nations are sending infantry weapons or anti-tank weapons instead. (RELATED: Retired Russian Colonel Admits War Not Going Well for Russia on State TV – Then Backtracks) Specifically, reports The Washington Post: Ukraine says it needs 60 multiple-launch rocket systems to have a chance at defeating Russia, suggesting the number pledged by the West so far may be inadequate, along with access to sophisticated air defenses to help protect vulnerable citizens from relentless shelling.Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser…
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – American Liberty News (ALN) – in collaboration with the Center for American Defense Studies (CADS) – provides our readers the PDB: Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING. Get Your Best Daily Defense and Foreign Affairs Intelligence Here in One Brief. Read the summaries or dive deeper via the linked articles. Today’s PDB includes a variety of critical, global national security issues. ** For additional intel on the Russia-Ukraine war and other hot topics we can’t fit here, please also subscribe to ‘Paul’s Defense Brief’ at paulcrespo.substack.com. READ TODAY’S PDB BELOW: NATIONAL SECURITY BIDEN’S DANGEROUSLY ANEMIC DEFENSE BUDGET – Does the proposed 2023 Defense…