U.S. Defense Department said it would ensure the world’s strongest military status (Figure)
Date:2012-01-10Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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[U.S. Information Service website reported on January 8] Title: Defense Leaders: The United States remains the world’s most powerful military
U.S. Department of Defense leadership in an interview last weekend, stressed the new Department of Defense issued 10-year strategy will ensure that the United States has the world’s most powerful army.
Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff Panetta, Army General 马丁登普西 said the Defense Department is being reformed to adapt to new global realities.
1, today announced a summary of this policy the next 10 years of national defense priorities, and stressed that while the increase in the streamlining of military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance project inputs, against mass destruction weapons, and in all areas of the network to stay ahead of the world.
Defense Panetta said: “Clearly, we face pressure to cut nearly $ 500 billion budget, we introduced the policy of the (military) will be more savings, smaller, but must agile, flexible, adaptable, able to deploy rapidly, and advanced technology. This is what we need in the future force. “
Panetta said, the Defense Department’s plan calls for emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, while other areas remain in garrison.
He added: “The key is, when the rest of the world we face the invaders, we are able to respond to and defeat it.”
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey said the new strategy, a popular misconception is that while U.S. forces are no longer able to participate in more than a conflict.
Dempsey said: “In fact, we are quite sure that we must be able to handle one more thing once, and not just two.” Value: “We in the 21st century, this 10 years threats and the environment that is likely to more than two. “
Dempsey said that the strategy is designed with leadership, personnel and equipment to build a combat systems across the military, provide for the national command structure options.
Dempsey said that the military has developed 10 years ago, the strength is not expected, especially for specific tasks, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and cyber warfare capacity.
he said: “We need to do now is to build a flexible, as defense minister said the army has to adapt to the environment in the face.”
he said, 10 years, the military demand has been high, the Defense Department leaders has been working to ensure sufficient force levels, and can adapt to future tasks.
Dempsey said that in 2012 faced geopolitical and economic challenges require military forces to adjust.
Dempsey said he was concerned in view of the changing strategic and budget issues, some people will the United States as state and military power in the country down.
He said: “There is nothing farther from the truth than this opinion. This misunderstanding will lead to trouble … This may lead to our close partners in doubt, what exactly is our partnership? So I want to say is that we still have been that partner, and expect remain so. “
[Reuters, Washington, January 8 -] Defense Panetta today warned the world opponents, not to the United States in the next 10 years to make a misjudgment of reductions in military spending. Panetta said that the U.S. still the world’s most powerful army to the battlefield, everyone not to “put a little confused.”
Panetta on CBS’s “for the country,” delivered a speech on television.
CBS sites [January 8] reported in today’s play “for the national” television program, host Bob Schieffer asked the top U.S. military leader in the world , they are most worried about?
Schiffer Panetta and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense, General Lord Xidengpuxi asked: “In today’s world, you most worried about? North Korea, Iraq or Iran?”
They agreed that: “All of these countries.”
Panetta and Dempsey also warned that the United States this week announced a new defense strategy, will reduce the size of the army, it was From this view, this means that the U.S. military in decline.
Dempsey said: “My concern is that since we changed this year to discuss strategy and to deal with budget problems, some of the world might think that the United States in decline, and even that the U.S. military in decline, which is most unrealistic of. “
Panetta said:” I think the world needs to understand the current main message is that the U.S. is the most powerful military power, we also committed to maintaining this status. “
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