5: Wars
Win our Nation’s Wars Other Information:
Despite our best efforts at prevention and deterrence, we must be prepared to act together with like minded states against
states when they threaten their neighbors, provide safe haven to terrorists, or pursue destabilizing weapons. Although improving
the U.S. Armed Forces’ proficiency in irregular warfare is the Defense Department’s top priority, the United States does not
have the luxury of preparing exclusively for such challenges. Even though the likelihood of interstate conflict has declined
in recent years, we ignore it at our peril. Current circumstances in Southwest Asia and on the Korean Peninsula, for example,
demonstrate the continuing possibility of conflict. When called upon, the Department must be positioned to defeat enemies
employing a combination of capabilities, conventional and irregular, kinetic and non-kinetic, across the spectrum of conflict.
We must maintain the edge in our conventional forces. Rogue states will remain a threat to U.S. regional interests. Iran and
North Korea continue to exert coercive pressure in their respective regions, where each seek to challenge or reduce U.S. influence.
Responding to and, as necessary, defeating these, and potentially other, rogue states will remain a major challenge. We must
maintain the capabilities required to defeat state adversaries, including those armed with nuclear weapons.
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