Military

US Military 'At High Risk' to Meet Demands of Full-Spectrum Conflict

US Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein said that the new requirements are difficult of accomplishment for the US military.

"The guidance tells us that we have to be simultaneously ready to defeat a near-peer adversary with an anti-access area denial environment… while at the same time imposing costs and deterring another adversary, while at the same time ensuring a safe, secure, reliable nuclear enterprise, while at the same time defend the homeland at the level that will be required. Then we are at high risk," he said.

US Army Chief, General Mark Milley affirmed that his service is at "high risk" for the ability to accomplish goals "on time" and "at an acceptable level of cost expressed in terms of casualties to troops."

If forced to combat a near-peer rival and ward off another adversary, the United States "will win, but it is going to take a lot longer than we would like, and it’s going to cost a lot more," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson emphasized.