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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | June 6th, 2025: China Secretly Helps Iran Rebuild Ballistic Missile Arsenal & Putin Unleashes Brutal Revenge Strikes Across Ukraine
06 Jun 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, Iran is reportedly rebuilding their military arsenal with the assistance of China, recently ordering thousands of tons of ballistic materials that could produce up to 800 missiles. Later in the show—Russia unleashes one of their largest drone and missile attacks against Ukraine since the war began, in retaliation for Kyiv’s audacious drone assault on Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Lean: Visit https://TakeLean.com & use code pb20 for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Friday, the 6th of June. It's the 81st anniversary of D-Day. Now, my father was in the Army Air Corps in World War II. They call his the greatest generation. You'll get no argument from me. They absolutely were. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.
First, Iran is reportedly rebuilding their military arsenal with the assistance of China, recently ordering thousands of tons of ballistic materials that could produce up to 800 missiles. We'll have those details.
And later in the show, Russia unleashes one of their largest drone and missile barrages against Ukraine of the three-year war in retaliation for Ukraine's shocking drone assault on Moscow's strategic bomber fleet. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.
We'll begin today with Iran, where it appears that the mullahs are attempting to restock their diminished military supplies and bolster their battered proxy network, all while sort of engaging in discussions or something resembling discussions with the Trump administration on their nuclear program. And China is playing a key role in Iran's restocking efforts.
According to an exclusive report from the Wall Street Journal, Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile materials from China in recent months. Specifically, sources said the Islamic regime is importing ammonium perchlorate, which is used to produce solid fuel missiles.
The Chinese are reportedly providing enough of this critical compound to the Iranians to produce as many as 800 ballistic missiles.
Now, sources familiar with the transaction told the journal that some of the materials will be likely distributed to Iran's network of proxies, including regional militias such as Hezbollah and the Houthi militants of Yemen, who continue to bombard Israel with missile attacks.
Much of the material, however, is expected to stay inside Iran's borders, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps works to rebuild missile production plants that were damaged or destroyed by Israeli retaliatory strikes last October. The journal said that the purchase orders were made by the IRGC through a Hong Kong-based firm. Ah, hello?
Yes, I'd like to buy some ballistic missile materials, please. Those orders were likely placed before the Trump administration began nuclear negotiations with the mullahs. The activity suggests that leaders in Tehran are actively preparing for renewed conflict across the region. The new shipments follow orders of roughly 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate.
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