The US military will prioritize protecting the homeland and deterring Chinawhile providing “more limited” support to allies in Europe and other places, according to a strategic document of the Pentagon published on Friday.
“While U.S. forces focus on homeland defense and the Indo-Pacific, our allies and partners elsewhere will assume primary responsibility for their own defense, with crucial but more limited support from U.S. forces,” the statement said. National Defense Strategy of 2026.
