Defending the Homeland, shaking up allies, and deterring China: Key takeaways from the new US defense strategy

The preface of the document goes to great lengths to rip into the actions of the previous US administration, accusing it of steering America into “one of the most dangerous security environments in our nation’s history.” The new strategy focuses on the “defense of the US Homeland” and states the Pentagon intends to “actively and fearlessly defend America’s interests” throughout the entire Western Hemisphere. The document signals similar shifts in the US attitude to Russia, declaring it a “persistent but manageable threat to NATO’s eastern members for the foreseeable future.” The new strategy also recognizes that Russia “possesses the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, which it continues to modernize and diversify,” while the Ukraine conflict has demonstrated that Moscow retains “deep reservoirs of military and industrial power” despite demographic and economic issues.

Author: RT

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