US Homeland Defense: A day late and a dollar short
200721-N-RF825-1164 PHILIPPINE SEA (July 21, 2020) The Australian Defense Force (ADF) destroyer HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), left, the frigate HMAS Arunta (FFH 151), the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89), HMAS Canberra (L02), the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), HMAS Sirius (O 266), the U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) and the frigate HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) steam in formation during a trilateral exercise. Trilateral exercises between the JMSDF, ADF and U.S. Navy support shared goals of peace and stability while enhancing regional security and the right of all nations to trade, communicate, and choose their destiny in a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/Released)
The upcoming revised US National Defense Strategy will reportedly prioritize ‘homeland defense’—while downgrading the People’s Republic of China as a security threat.
Despite concerns of a US military drawdown in the Western Pacific, China will still get its due even as American partners in the Western Pacific are asked to do more.
Renewed emphasis on defending the homeland is a good idea—it’s just a little late. And it is often geographically inaccurate. The US homeland includes the Western Pacific—in the form of Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands—and the South Pacific, in the form of American Samoa. These Americans might wonder how they fit in to the Pentagon’s map of the homeland.
But just focusing on the US mainland:
The protection afforded by two vast oceans doesn’t exist anymore. Besides long-range missiles that can reach the continental United States, Chinese military and intelligence operatives are already in the US mainland—positioned and ready to strike.
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