US Homeland Defense: A day late and a dollar short
By: Grant Newsham
Last Updated: October 26, 2025 05:26:07 IST
Washington, D.C: The upcoming revised US National Defense Strategy will reportedly prioritize ‘homeland defense’—while downgrading the People’s Republic of China as a security threat.
Despite concerns of a US military drawdown in the Western Pacific, China will still get its due even as American partners in the Western Pacific are asked to do more.
Renewed emphasis on defending the homeland is a good idea—it’s just a little late. And it is often geographically inaccurate. The US homeland includes the Western Pacific—in the form of Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands—and the South Pacific, in the form of American Samoa. These Americans might wonder how they fit in to the Pentagon’s map of the homeland.
But just focusing on the US mainland:
The protection afforded by two vast oceans doesn’t exist anymore. Besides long-range missiles that can reach the continental United States, Chinese military and intelligence operatives are already in the US mainland—positioned and ready to strike.
When conducting sabotage you need platforms, people, hardware—and cover. The Chinese have plenty of everything in the US.
Even a partial listing of where and how they’ve positioned themselves makes alarming reading.
https://sundayguardianlive.com/editors-choice/us-homeland-defense-a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short-158129/
