Pentagon Prioritizes Homeland Over China Threat
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Pentagon Prioritizes Homeland Over China Threat
Politico: “Pentagon officials are proposing the department prioritize protecting the homeland and Western Hemisphere, a striking reversal from the military’s yearslong mandate to focus on the threat from China.” “A draft of the newest National Defense Strategy, which landed on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desk last week, places domestic and regional missions above countering adversaries such as Beijing and Moscow.”
Pentagon's defense strategy draft prioritizes US homeland protection over China threat: report
WASHINGTON — A draft of a new U.S. defense document prioritizes protecting the United States' homeland and Western Hemisphere, a report said Friday, a move away from its yearslong focus on deterring the "pacing threat" from an increasingly assertive China. Politico, a U.S. news outlet, reported, citing three people, that the draft of the Pentagon's National Defense Strategy (NDS) puts domestic and regional missions above countering China and Rus…
The U.S. Department of Defense evaluates a profound change in its National Defense Strategy. According to preliminary versions of the draft that has already reached the office of Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon seeks to place the security of the homeland and the Western Hemisphere as a priority, displacing the containment of powers such as China and Russia in the background.]]>


(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = The new National Defense Strategy (NDS) that the Donald Trump administration will soon release will focus on defending the U.S. mainland rather than suppressing China or Russia...
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