Posted on Sep 22, 2022
Conflict With a Nuclear-Capable Peer Possible, Says Stratcom Commander
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All I can tell Putin and Xi is BRING IT JACKWAGONS! We may be infighting in our country with Liberal this and Repub that but make no mistake...We are still America and if tried and tested we will unite and kick your @$$! Done it in the past and will do it again! We will give as good as we get.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."In defending the homeland, combatant commanders will need to act quickly against an opponent in all domains: land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, he said.
The nuclear posture review that was recently delivered lays out an excellent strategy, he said. The strategy endorses modernization of the nuclear triad and its command-and-control system.
"We need to execute this very good strategy as the threat from China continues to increase," he said. "We don't know where that's going to end, as the threat from Russia continues to increase, along with the other challenges that we face."
Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, also participated on the panel.
Dickinson emphasized the integrated deterrence that Richard mentioned, noting that Spacecom uses the term to mean partnering with allies, partners and industry.
Spacecom's assets, such as providing space domain awareness, are shared with Stratcom, Northcom and the other combatant commanders, he said.
VanHerck said his first mission is to provide aerospace warning for North America.
When NORAD stood up in 1958, the mission was much simpler: detecting bombers or intercontinental ballistic missiles, he said.
Today, the aerospace warning challenge is dramatically different with cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems and hypersonics that can evade radar detection, he said."
..."In defending the homeland, combatant commanders will need to act quickly against an opponent in all domains: land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, he said.
The nuclear posture review that was recently delivered lays out an excellent strategy, he said. The strategy endorses modernization of the nuclear triad and its command-and-control system.
"We need to execute this very good strategy as the threat from China continues to increase," he said. "We don't know where that's going to end, as the threat from Russia continues to increase, along with the other challenges that we face."
Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, also participated on the panel.
Dickinson emphasized the integrated deterrence that Richard mentioned, noting that Spacecom uses the term to mean partnering with allies, partners and industry.
Spacecom's assets, such as providing space domain awareness, are shared with Stratcom, Northcom and the other combatant commanders, he said.
VanHerck said his first mission is to provide aerospace warning for North America.
When NORAD stood up in 1958, the mission was much simpler: detecting bombers or intercontinental ballistic missiles, he said.
Today, the aerospace warning challenge is dramatically different with cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems and hypersonics that can evade radar detection, he said."
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