Executive summary List of acronyms Section one: Introduction Section two: US homeland missile defense policy Section three: homeland missile defense and US security Section four: Staying ahead of North Korea Section five: Deterring Chinese and Russia limited coercive missile threats Section six: The two-nuclear-peer problem: Enhancing nuclear force survivability Section seven: Missile defense basics and architectural challenges Section eight: Advantages of layered defense Section nine: A better strategy for homeland missile defense Section ten: cruise missile defense of the homeland Section eleven: Russian and Chinese strategic missile defense: Doctrine, capabilities, and development Section twelve: Conclusion and policy recommendations Acknowledgments About the authors Executive summary “First, we will defend the homeland,” proclaims the 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States (NDS) on its initial page. 1 US Department of Defense, 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America , first in the conjunct release [AD1183539] with the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review and the 2022 Missile Defense Review (Washington, DC: Office of the Secretary of Defense, October 27, 2022): 1, https://media.defense.
gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY-NPR-MDR.PDF . Indeed, the United States goes to great lengths to protect the nation from military threats, terrorists, cyberattacks, and other potential dangers.
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