FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Today’s PDB includes critical issues in the Indo-Pacific region, Homeland Security and National Guard in DC, SOCOM, Military Robotics and AI Technology, the Balkans and Middle East, and a CIA base in North Africa.

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HERE ARE TODAY’S PDB HIGHLIGHTS:

China Threat – Indo-Pacific

Report: “Clear evidence” China is committing genocide against Uyghurs

Guam, missiles and missile defense top INDOPACOM commander’s funding priorities

Homeland Security – National Guard

Pentagon chief approves request to extend National Guard protection of Capitol

Texas governor sends 500 National Guard troops to border for ‘humanitarian crisis’

Middle East- Balkans

Kosovo sends troops on peacekeeping mission for first time

Africa

Remote C.I.A. Base in the Sahara Steadily Grows

US Weapons and Military Technology

Navy Megadestroyer Zumwalt Makes It Through Round of Rough-Water Trials

SOCOM Shows Interest in Hybrid, AI-Enabled Vehicles

Are U.S. Special Forces Quietly Using Armed Robots?

END OF PDB

Paul Crespo

Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Defense News. A defense and national security expert, he served as a Marine Corps officer and as a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at US embassies worldwide. Paul holds degrees from Georgetown, London, and Cambridge Universities. He is also CEO of SPECTRE Global Risk, a security advisory firm, and President of the Center for American Defense Studies, a national security think tank. - paulcrespo.substack.com - PAULCRESPO.COM