China is the main threat, Russia is the actual problem: the US has published three high-quality documents
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The US Department of Defense published three strategic documents at once – the National Defense Strategy, the Nuclear Posture Review and the Missile Defense Review. were made public open source documentssecret will not be published.
China’s growing military and economic power is recognized in the National Defense Strategy as a top US security concern. It has been called “the most important and systemic challenge to US national security.”
The danger from the PRC, as the statement says summary of main points The strategies on the Pentagon’s website take place in China’s “aggressive drive to reshape the Indo-Pacific region and the international system in accordance with its own interests and authorial preferences.”
“The PRC proposes to forge US security alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, using its growing capabilities, including economic influence, as well as military power and the presence of the PLA, to influence its neighbors and threaten their interests,” it said. in the text. The threat primarily concerns Taiwan.
The main priorities of the US Department of Defense are:
- Protection of the US territory in the context of the current multi-domain () attack emanating from the PRC
- Hindering Statistical Cases in the US, Allies and Partners
- Readiness to contain aggression and, if necessary, to maintain victory – primarily in the confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific Ministry, and with Russia in Europe
- Creation of sustainable joint forces and defense ecosystem
current threat
Russia in the Strategy is one of the current threats, and the main argument is the war it started in Ukraine.
“In addition to the importance of the China theme and the importance of partnerships, the Strategy draws attention to the challenges from Russia, especially the ridiculous invasion of Ukraine – with outcome dimensions close to Europe, Europe, Iran and extremist organizations. The strategy also includes issues such as the pandemic and changes”. climate,” the statement said. informationalposted on the Pentagon website.
“The Russian government is using force to impose border changes and restore the imperial realm of research. […] Although the private and private actions of its leaders to split NATO are backfired, this goal remains. Russia poses serious, excluded risks in identification,” the document reveals.
Nuclear deterrence and tactical nuclear weapons
In the Nuclear Posture Review, Russian nuclear policy is recognized as one of two major challenges, together with China’s nuclear deterrence.
“In the 2030s, the introduction period in the history of history has faced specific challenges and potential external impacts. This will create new pressures on [международную стратегическую] immutability and accuracy of content decisions, guarantees [безопасности]control over risks and risks,” reads the text of the public version of the Nuclear Posture Review.
In general, the nuclear strategy has not undergone fundamental changes by analogy with similar documents, as a result Breaking defense comments.
Statement at a briefing at the Pentagon by a senior US Department of Defense official.
At the same time, the text contains an overview of individual statements on non-strategic nuclear initiatives that are not controlled under the Treaty on Statistical Offensive Operations.
“For more than 20 years, Russia has conducted a wide-ranging enhancement program that includes raising the profile of nuclear systems, and constantly expanding and improving nuclear systems that achieve the goal of freedom for NATO and reach countries, as well as nuclear forces that are not counted in any way by any treaty about control over the spheres,” the review says.
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“For example, Russia has an arsenal from 2000 that considers non-strategic nuclear warheads not limited by the treaty. Similarly, Russia faces several new nuclear systems, dangerous US and allied territories, or encounters representatives in dangers, some of which are also not accountable under the New START,” the document reads.
At the same time, the US itself, according to the documentation, is also modernizing its military arsenal.
The document provides for the modernization of the entire nuclear triad (land, sea and air based nuclear forces), as well as the communications, command and control systems. Programs include the development of the Columbia-class strategic nuclear submarine, the replacement of the Minuteman III ICBM, the creation of a new long-range cruise missile, and the basing and adaptation of the proposed use of F-35 fighters in Europe.
The Pentagon has requested about $30 billion in fiscal 2023.
“Shaheds” and “Daggers”
The missile defense review focuses on the ballistic missile threat from North Korea and Iran.
However, there have also been some new outbreaks that have occurred recently.
Among them is the use of unmanned systems. Until recently, drones were not considered in reliable documents as a threat to national security.
Specifically, it mentions incidents involving “existing and developing ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, as well as new releases such as small unmanned aerial systems complicating observed air and missile defense phenomena.”
However, during the war in Ukraine, Russia successfully attracted Iranian-made Shahed drones (renaming them Geranium). Ukrainian air defense is indeed of great importance for the case of this threat.
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The review mentions drones, but there are no names of them. Meanwhile, Russia is actively using Iranian Shahed drones.
In addition, the review mentions hyper-missiles that Russia has arrested in Ukraine.
At the same time, as stated in the document, “Ukraine covers the armed forces of cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, land-based and sea-based”: [России] in the future, modern high-precision systems will be effectively used.”