“In light of this, the Department will ensure that U.S. forces are prepared to defend against Russian threats to the U.S. Homeland. The Department will also continue to play a vital role in NATO itself, even as we calibrate U.S. force posture and activities in the European theater to better account for the Russian threat to American interests as well as our allies' own capabilities.” (p. 10)

“DoW will therefore seek and open a wider range of military-to-military communications with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with a focus on supporting strategic stability with Beijing as well as deconfliction and de-escalation, more generally.” (p. 11)

“President Trump has set a new global standard for defense spending at NATO's Hague Summit—3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on core military spending and an additional 1.5% on security-related spending, for a total of 5% of GDP. We will advocate that our allies and partners meet this standard around the world, not just in Europe.” (p. 12)

“To achieve this, we will reinvest in U.S. defense production, building out capacity; empowering innovators; adopting new advances in technology, like artificial intelligence (AI); and clearing away outdated policies, practices, regulations, and other obstacles to the type and scale of production that the Joint Force requires for the priorities before us.” (p. 13)

“We will simultaneously leverage allied and partner production not just to meet our own requirements but also to incentivize them to increase defense spending and help them field additional forces as quickly as possible.” (p. 13)

“DoW will therefore prioritize efforts to seal our borders, repel forms of invasion, and deport illegal aliens in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).” (p. 16)

“We will therefore help to develop partners' ability to degrade narco-terrorist organizations across the Americas and support them as they do, while also maintaining our ability to take decisive action unilaterally.” (p. 16)

“DoW will therefore provide the President with credible options to guarantee U.S. military and commercial access to key terrain from the Arctic to South America, especially Greenland, the Gulf of America, and the Panama Canal.” (p. 16)

“The Department will prioritize efforts to develop President Trump's Golden Dome for America, with a specific focus on options to cost-effectively defeat large missile barrages and other advanced aerial attacks.” (p. 17)

“In addition, DoW will develop and deploy capabilities and systems to counter unmanned aerial systems.” (p. 17)

“We will modernize and adapt our nuclear forces accordingly with focused attention on deterrence and escalation management amidst the changing global nuclear landscape.” (p. 17)

“The Department will prioritize bolstering cyber defenses for U.S. military and certain civilian targets. DoW will also develop other options to deter or degrade cyber threats to the U.S. Homeland.” (p. 17)

“The Department will maintain a resource-sustainable approach to countering Islamic terrorists, focused on organizations that possess the capability and intent to strike the U.S. Homeland.” (p. 17)

“We will also ensure that U.S. forces have access to the electromagnetic spectrum required to defend the Homeland.” (p. 17)

“To that end, as the NSS directs, we will build, posture, and sustain a strong denial defense along the FIC.” (p. 18)

“The Department will therefore incentivize and enable NATO allies to take primary responsibility for Europe's conventional defense with critical but more limited U.S. support. Central to this effort, DoW will work closely with our allies to ensure that they deliver on the defense spending pledge that they made at the Hague Summit.” (p. 19)

“We will also seek to leverage NATO processes in support of these goals, while also working to expand transatlantic defense industrial cooperation and reduce defense trade barriers in order to maximize our collective ability to produce forces required to achieve U.S. and allied defense objectives.” (p. 19)

“We will therefore prioritize cooperation and engagements with model allies—those who are spending as they need to and visibly doing more against threats in their regions, with critical but limited U.S. support—including through arms sales, defense industrial collaboration, intelligence-sharing, and other activities that leave our nations better off.” (p. 19)

“DoW will empower regional allies and partners to take primary responsibility for deterring and defending against Iran and its proxies, including by strongly backing Israel's efforts to defend itself; deepening cooperation with our Arabian Gulf partners; and enabling integration between Israel and our Arabian Gulf partners, building on President Trump's historic initiative, the Abraham Accords.” (p. 20)

“Consistent with this Strategy's resource- sustainable approach to counterterrorism, we will stand ready to take direct action against Islamic terrorists who are both capable of and intent on striking the U.S. Homeland, including in close coordination with interagency and foreign partners.” (p. 20)

“This shift in the balance of responsibility is consistent with America's interest in updating U.S. force posture on the Korean Peninsula.” (p. 20)

“We will therefore bolster our organic sustainment capabilities, grow nontraditional vendors, and partner with traditional DIB vendors, Congress, our allies and partners, and other federal departments and agencies to reinvigorate and mobilize our great nation's unrivaled creativity and ingenuity, re-spark our innovative spirit, and restore our industrial capacity.” (p. 21)