Brian Fairchild

Former career CIA Ops Officer, and author of The Hidden, Amazon's #1 Best Seller!

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[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

The Wall Street Journal reports that concerns over dwindling U.S. air defense interceptor stockpiles have become a key factor in the administration's decision to pause a major escalation against Iran.

According to the Journal, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine warned the White House that declining inventories of Patriot and other interceptors would increase the risk to U.S. forces if large scale operations resumed. The report also says the White House sought to prevent publication of updated government figures on Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) interceptor expenditures, arguing their release could harm national security.

President Donald J. Trump disputed reports of a munitions shortfall, telling the Journal the U.S. has "far more munitions than we need." Outside analysts, however, have warned that the high rate of interceptor use in the conflict could strain U.S. air defense capacity and affect readiness for other potential contingencies.

Source: https://t.co/AZQPZtm6Nf

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

You can't get a more perfect description of how the New Axis of Evil actively cooperates to deplete US/West's resources than Zelensky's explanation here.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Zelenskyy: Three big threats we're tracking.

First, North Korea will send Russia 30,000 soldiers.

Second, Iran is sending Russia ballistic missiles.

Third, and biggest: China is helping Russia with satellites and targeting tech, to strike us more precisely. 1/

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran's strategic asset and they're not going to give it up without a fight.

General Keane on Iran's strategic asset and not backing down https://t.co/csQ2yDOSBL

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Despite our intelligence and intelligence from our allies, Trump can't believe that his friends Vladmir Putin and Xi Jinping would lie to a great man like himself.

Zelenskyy says Russia helped Iran target US bases via satellite surveillance, vows to share evidence https://t.co/Mt4aqLmd25

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Axios reports that U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper recommended ending the recent bombing campaign around the Strait of Hormuz after concluding it had largely achieved its objectives and reached the limit of its effectiveness.

According to Axios, Cooper told senior defense officials that two weeks of strikes had significantly degraded Iran's ability to attack shipping and that most planned targets had already been hit. He reportedly said the remaining roughly 20% of designated Operation Epic Fury targets would require a return to major combat operations, and that absent such a decision, there was little military value in continuing the limited bombing campaign.

Axios says Cooper's assessment, along with warnings from Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine about dwindling air defense interceptor stocks, helped influence President Trump's decision to pause U.S. strikes on Friday. The report adds that U.S.-Iran talks are continuing while both sides appear to be observing an informal "quiet for quiet" pause.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

SKY NEWS: Are you worried about Iran potentially attacking Ukraine? They've threatened because of what happened with their vessel. Or is that not a concern?

ZELENSKYY: What do you think if Iran, from the first year of the war, gave new technology to Russia? It was Shahed drones.

They gave thousands of these drones in the first year of the war, and then they gave licenses.

What did they do? Did they attack us? I think yeah. So, they already did it.

We have to be cautious. We have to do everything not to open a new front in any way, but we have to be honest.

Iranians and North Korea have already attacked us. I hope they will not increase these attacks.

But we have to be ready for everything. Just to be ready, and to know that we can't trust these people.

Because at the very beginning, without any messages or any kind of escalation from our side, Iranians gave weapons to Russia.

North Koreans also gave Russia weapons, drones, missiles, 155-caliber artillery rounds, and 10,000 North Koreans.

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Hamas elects a new leader and decides to remain exactly what it was: armed, aligned with Tehran, and unwilling to change.

Hamas taps 'ultimate institutional survivor' as terror chief, sending message to Israel: expert https://t.co/VxZpEC1yVK

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Pentagon releases new numbers: So far, 18 killed in action, 624 wounded in action.

Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting https://t.co/LjC9MHrh4k

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

ISIS follower rammed a group of people with his van and then attacked others with a bladed weapon.

Germany confirms Islamist terror attack, driver knifed crowd after crash https://t.co/VYg7FMvI8A

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

GEN. KEANE: And then at sea, the Ukrainians have defeated the Black Sea Navy of Russia, and they don’t own a navy themselves. They did it with surface drones, aerial drones, and subsurface drones. Quite remarkable.

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Military power, especially air power, has its limits. It's like whack a mole, you can hit a target, that, gets repaired, hit it again, and it gets repaired, hit it again...

Top US military commander in Middle East advised halting Hormuz bombing https://t.co/qymsOB9kWh

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

An enhanced espionage network will strengthen the threat from the New Axis of Evil (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea) to the West's detriment.

Kim Jong Un is upgrading his spy network https://t.co/VycinYxnGL

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

The leader of the New Axis of Evil is doing well. When China does well, its partners get to partake of the spoils.

China is the only winner of the Iran war so far https://t.co/IiUSlCByX6

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

DOOCY: You said Russia and China aren't helping Iran. But Hegseth says they're 'enabling.' What's the difference?

TRUMP: I don't know that they're 'enabling.' I will tell you that President Xi said he will not partake. And President Putin said the same thing. I trust them.

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Since my first report in Oct 2022, I've always referred to them as the New Axis Evil, but it doesn't matter what particular name you ascribe, China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea comprise an active anti-American military bloc that actively works to undermine the U.S.

Dan Hoffman warns of 'axis of dictatorships' supporting Iran's military build-up https://t.co/DrCo0aMhFU

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[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Keane: Ukraine can put 10,000 drones in the air in a single day.

The entire US Army does not have 10,000 drones. Ukraine’s defense industry gets new technology into soldiers’ hands at a speed that is nothing short of remarkable. 1/

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Trump has absolutely no influence over China, as they so readily demonstrated.

China launches military drills in Taiwan Strait after Rubio meeting https://t.co/oiNCcnLRDF

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Autonomous systems are the future, for better or worse. China has autonomous murmuration systems; how long before Ukraine follows suit.

Ukraine's military reveals technologies that will change modern warfare https://t.co/aMvYxmRdNi

[Brian Fairchild @brianfairchild4]

Autonomous systems are the future, for better or worse. China has autonomous murmuration systems; how long before Ukraine follows suit?

Ukraine's military reveals technologies that will change modern warfare https://t.co/aMvYxmRdNi