Bush addressed the challenges before the American military. Next door to the NATO command is the U.S. Joint Forces Command, which is charting the way the U.S. military will fight in the future. Bush said the United States must advance the peace by using technology. Power is increasingly defined not by size, but by mobility and swiftness. The advantage increasingly comes from information.
Safety is gained in stealth, and force is projected on the long arc of precision-guided weapons.
He said he told Rumsfeld to challenge the status quo. Our defense vision will drive our defense budget, not the other way around. The president broadly outlined where he sees the U.S. military heading. He said land forces would be lighter, more lethal and more easily deployable. The air forces will use both aircraft and unmanned systems to strike across the world with pinpoint accuracy.