January 5, 2012, in the U.S. capital Washington, Pentagon, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at a press conference. Day of U.S. President Barack Obama announced a new military strategy, said although the United States face budget pressures, but will strive to ensure that its Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Zheshe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Reporter branch Linfei Du Jing) 5, U.S. President Barack Obama announced the launch of a new military strategy, emphasizing the United States, though facing budgetary pressures, but will strive to ensure that its At the same time shift the focus of the U.S. military in Asia Pacific.
Obama’s day in the Pentagon and the Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff Panetta and Dempsey held a press conference to announce the report, entitled military strategy report. New strategy suggested that the U.S. will reduce the size of the Army, and reduce the military presence in Europe in favor of strengthening its military presence in the Asia Pacific region, to maintain the Asia-Pacific’s
In his speech, Obama said the U.S. a decade of war in a Asia-Pacific region. He stressed that although the United States is facing pressure to cut defense budget, the size of the U.S. military will be reduced, and threats.
The new military strategy to retain some of the traditional mission of the U.S. military, including the fight against terrorism, to maintain nuclear deterrence, to ensure homeland security, deter and defeat any potential enemy invasion, while emphasizing the network will increase the U.S. military in war, missile defense, etc. capacity, but will avoid the war in Afghanistan and Iraq to launch similar such a long duration of large-scale war.
The Obama administration is tightening in the face of huge budget pressure, the war on terrorism to achieve substantive results, the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and are raised in the context of these new military strategy. In order to reduce the growing budget deficit, the Obama administration proposed a sharp reduction in the budget plan, which includes the next 10 years to reduce $ 489 billion in defense spending.
January 5, U.S. President Obama, Secretary of Defense Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Panetta and Dempsey held a joint press conference at the Pentagon, released a report entitled strategic focus, According to local media reports, the main contents of the report, the United States is committed to further reductions in military spending, and winning two wars simultaneously adjust the military strategy. It is noteworthy that, in the U.S. military strategic adjustment pattern in the Asia-Pacific region into focus.
Winning two wars simultaneously proposed to abandon the strategic
Obama to attend this press conference is very rare. Witte 4, White House spokesman said Obama deeply involved in this military strategy assessment process. Since September last year, he has convened a special meeting 6 times. Obama’s attendance once again that
U.S. strategic interests assessment report also proposed to abandon the principle of the strategy to win two wars, and instead requires only the U.S. military have in a large-scale conventional war fighting capability, while another may play an unexpected conflict The United States will be more focus on cyber warfare and combat terrorism. This has been called the new U.S. The report recommended the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Europe and then an Army combat brigade, only two brigades in continental Europe to retain troops. Association of American disarmament program director Collina that in the next 10 years, the United States in nuclear weapons projects cuts funding $ 45 billion, but will not lead to decline in military power. Nuclear submarines from 12 to 8 can be reduced in the next 10 years to save $ 27 billion, such as the delayed construction of a new bomber capable of carrying nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, can save another $ 18 billion.
Economic difficulties and excessive use of force is closely related to
After the Cold War, the U.S. global strategy echoes the mighty, the Pentagon proposed a so-called simultaneously fight two wars military strategy. However, this strategy quickly exposed the lack of confidence on the defeat like. In 2001, the then U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in Congress, this strategy is not feasible. Since then, the U.S. has launched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But wars are not strictly comply with the United States in winning two wars on the concept of Protracted war in Iraq and Afghanistan had become a heavy burden on the United States.
The United States is the world’s largest military spending country. The plight of the U.S. economy is closely related to its use of force at every turn. 2012 U.S. election year, economic conditions directly related to the Obama administration’s political destiny. In this context, Obama had to end one two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, on the other hand, had to have been a heavy burden of military spending to cut, and then to the U.S. global military strategy to make new adjustments.
It is reported that the Obama administration next year to $ 662 billion military spending than Congress to reduce defense spending this year approved $ 43 billion. Obama administration submitted to Congress next month the year 2013 defense budget, expected in the next 10 years, the cumulative reduction in military spending over 450 billion U.S. dollars. Not only is the U.S. military burden a large number of weapons and equipment expenses, but also how to maintain the growing military health insurance, pensions and many other expenses to pay veterans. Obama will form a committee to study how specializing in military issues around retirement savings.
New strategic focus, the Asia-Pacific region
Some analysts believe that the strategy announced by the United States will only be a recognition of the fact that already exist. U.S. Strategic and Budgetary Assessments defense expert Todd Harrison that the U.S.
It is reported that the new U.S. military strategy will be re-committed to the Asia-Pacific regional military security. Visit the Asia Pacific region last year, when, Panetta had been clear that the Asia-Pacific region will be the center of U.S. security strategy. In his view, the gradual end of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States is at a turning point. After the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. needs allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region to establish a more extensive and in-depth security network. The media here said, the Pentagon that since the (WASHINGTON, January 5, Xinhua)
Aquatic Li (Chinese Academy of Military Science World Military Research Fellow): Now 10 years later, in two wars drag on and hit by the economic crisis, the U.S. military after the Cold War into the second round of major adjustments, but also entered a new phase of power savings. The new U.S. military strategy, military strategy is to adjust the Obama administration an important step in a series of actions, the purpose is for the strategic adjustment in the development of the U.S. military to provide comprehensive guidance. Taken together, the United States to adjust the basic principles of military strategy is to take the following three balance.
Firstly, to seek to maintain U.S. defense spending to reduce the absolute military superiority and the balance between. Gates and Panetta 2011, from the speech of view, the defense budget in the next 10 years, reduced by more than $ 450 billion case, the U.S. military will have to scale down, but this time not as a war, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and the Cold War as it was when the troops hollow. The United States must adjust the structure, cost savings, the key focus to enhance the ability to ensure the U.S. military in the world of absolute dominance. Rather, because of military spending is not reduced, and potential challenger to U.S. military strength of the opportunity to catch up.
Second, grasp the response to the current threats and future challenges balance. U.S. now is to win the current war, responding to regional threats, challenges against potential adversaries. In the case of ensuring European security, reduction of troops in Europe, to expand and consolidate its military presence in the Asia Pacific, showing the U.S. strategy is to control the Eurasian continent is still the focus, and strategic focus is turning more heads east Eurasia, that is Asia-Pacific region.
Third, make allies and obligations of the United States more balanced. Gates and Panetta from the number of speeches, the U.S. allies in the defense of Europe’s input, very critical. In accordance with the provisions of the NATO Member States of the defense budget not less than 2% of GDP, while in Europe only the United Kingdom, France, Greece and Bulgaria to achieve this standard. Therefore, the U.S. asked its allies continue to bear more obligations to reduce its defense expenditure pressures. Reduction of troops in Europe, but also pressure its European allies to assume greater responsibility intentions.
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