The Department of Defense announced that it has transmitted its classified 2022 National Defense Strategy to Congress on Monday.
The strategy is the capstone strategic document guiding the Pentagon in advancing U.S. interests abroad and domestically. The unclassified version will be “forthcoming,” according to a DOD fact sheet, but it does not provide a specific time frame.
China is referred to as “our most consequential strategic competitor and the pacing challenge for the Department” in the fact sheet, and it says that “Russia poses acute threats, as illustrated by its brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.”
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The DOD’s priorities are: “defending the homeland, paced to the growing multi-domain threat posed by” China, “deterring strategic attacks against the U.S. and allies,” building a joint force and defense ecosystem, in addition to “deterring aggression, while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary, prioritizing the PRC challenge in the Indo-Pacific, then the Russia challenge in Europe.”
The Pentagon will look to advance these efforts through integrated deterrence, which entails seamlessly working across warfighting domains and theaters, campaigning, and building enduring advantages.
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The fact sheet says the department “will remain capable of managing other persistent threats, including those from North Korea, Iran, and violent extremist organizations,” while also adapting to other challenges, such as “changes in global climate and other dangerous transboundary threats, including pandemics.”
The DOD released the fact sheet the same day the Biden administration submitted its fiscal 2023 budget request of $773 billion for the department.
