U.S. Shifts Military Focus to Militants, Hi-Tech Weapons

The Pentagon on Monday shifted its strategy to focus on the threat of Islamist militants and the spread of hi-tech missiles, warning that US military power faced new limits and constraints. In a long-term strategy document, the Defense Department tossed out a doctrine entrenched for decades that the American military should be prepared to fight two wars at the same time against conventional armies. Instead, the military must prepare for a range of threats in an "uncertain security landscape" where extremists or "non-state actors" are gaining access to missile technology and trying to secure weapons of mass destruction, the Quadrennial Defense Review said.
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Posted by Editor at February 2, 2010 02:51 AM