Paul Crespo

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): Elon Musk will co-lead a new Pentagon initiative called “Project Meridian,” a 120-day study that will examine the future of warfare and recommend weapons and capabilities the military should develop

In the unending Ukraine-Russia war both countries keep searching for new and better weapons to strike their enemy. Ukraine has used its domestically produced FP-7 ballistic missile in combat for the first time, marking a milestone in Kyiv's push to build its own strike weapons.

While many believe COVID-19, despite it coming from a Chinese biolab, was overrated as a deadly pandemic, it still likely killed a few million people across the world. And the reality is that worse global pandemics hitting us are just a matter of time, especially if we keep weaponizing them.

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): Is Trump an easy mark for Putin? President Trump announced a “massive” deal to buy diesel fuel from Russia. For the American truckers and farmers Trump claims to be serving, the deal means little or nothing.

The Navy has conducted preliminary acceptance of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in September, clearing the path for the second Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its crew to carry out testing and training at Naval Station Norfolk ahead of being formally commissioned.

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): What Beijing calls open, Washington should call an operation. China is about to run the largest influence operation in history. It will not have to run it. The world will download it. U.S. may lead in developing the world’s most advanced AI models, but China is competing to make its models […]

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): What to know as fighting in Yemen escalates. Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government have launched a military campaign to drive Iran-backed Houthi rebels from Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical trade route for oil and other goods. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia raise risk of wider war. Deadly attacks on Riyadh airport […]

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a New Jersey police department accused of delaying firearm permits for months, examining whether local officials violated the Second Amendment by preventing qualified residents from obtaining the documents required to purchase or carry guns.

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): ‘Addicted to the Guard': Generals call for ‘traffic cop' to control state governor's demands . In Florida, about 3,000 of the state's National Guard troops — nearly 30% — are currently deployed overseas. It all makes up more than three times the Guard's true capacity, according to Maj. Gen. Robert Carruthers, assistant adjutant general of the Florida Guard.

PAUL'S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB): New Montana ‘super range' complex could add critical weapons testing capacity . Trump announced a new facility aimed at testing all types of advance modern weapons and space technology.