Military Must Prepare For ‘A Lot of Challenges’
Soldiers conduct live-fire training
Photo by: U.S. Army/Spc. Ryan Lucas
Thu, 12/23/2021 - 08:30
In the face of growing threats around the world, the U.S. military must remain ready for a range of challenges, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said.
“We’re going to have to deal with a rising China, we have to deal with Russia, we will have North Korea, we have Iran, we have terrorists, we have climate change, we have COVID, we have wildfires, we have a lot of challenges,” Milley said. “As a great power, we have to be able to do all of those simultaneously.”
Speaking recently at the Aspen Security Forum, Milley said the military is just one piece of the overall effort in the U.S. to protect the homeland and defend the nation.
But Milley, a former Army chief of staff, also warned of an increasingly complex world, with rising powers such as China, and the changing nature of warfare with the addition of robotics, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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