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        <h1 class="title">DoD Releases Its 2022 Strategic Reviews – National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review </h1>
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    <div> <span class="date">/ Published Oct. 27, 2022</span></div>
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    <p>WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of Defense released the unclassified National Defense Strategy (NDS), Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), and Missile Defense Review (MDR).<br />
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For the first time in its history, the Department conducted all major strategic reviews in an integrated way, aligned with the National Security Strategy. By weaving these documents together, the entire Department is matching resources to goals.<br />
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The 2022 NDS sets the Department’s strategic direction and priorities for the Joint Force, identifying how the U.S. military will meet growing threats to U.S. national security interests and to a stable and open international system.<br />
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The 2022 NDS identifies four top-level defense priorities that the Department must pursue to strengthen deterrence:</p>

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 <li>Defending the homeland, paced to the growing multi-domain threat posed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC);</li>
 <li>Deterring strategic attacks against the United States, Allies, and partners;</li>
 <li>Deterring aggression, while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary – prioritizing the PRC challenge in the Indo-Pacific region, then the Russia challenge in Europe, and;</li>
 <li>Building a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem.</li>
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<p>The 2022 NDS also identifies three ways in which the Department will achieve its priorities – integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building enduring advantage.<br />
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The 2022 NPR reaffirms that as long as nuclear weapons exist, the fundamental role of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attack on the United States, our Allies, and our partners. The United States would only consider the use of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States or its Allies and partners. The NPR takes a comprehensive and balanced approach to defending vital national security interests and reducing nuclear risks while affirming a continuing commitment to a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent and strong and credible extended deterrence.<br />
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The 2022 MDR underscores that missile defense contributes to integrated deterrence by undermining a potential foe’s confidence in its ability to mount a successful attack.<br />
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Information on the strategic reviews can be found at https://www.defense.gov/National-Defense-Strategy/.<br />
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The National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review can be found at https://www.defense.gov/News/Publications/.<br />
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