US military sounds the alarm: Why America is preparing for attacks on its own soil | Today’s news

The U.S. military is preparing for a future in which U.S. military forces could face attacks on their own soil before deploying overseas as drones, cyber attacks, long-range weapons and advanced surveillance technologies reshape the modern battlefield, Fox News Digital reported.

Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s acting chief of staff, said the US military could face significant problems deploying forces against a major adversary, particularly China, if US bases, transportation networks and communications infrastructure are attacked.

“If we’re going against the stimulus threat, the performance projection is going to be questionable,” LaNeve told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference in Washington, LaNeve said the military is rethinking assumptions made during decades of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, when American forces could largely rely on secure bases and supply lines at home.

“During the global war on terror, we took a lot of things for granted because we could,” he said.

The Chinese threat raises concerns about the mobilization of the US military

According to Fox News Digital, a potential conflict with China could expose vulnerabilities in the infrastructure needed to move US forces to the battlefield. Disruption of military installations, transport networks and communications could delay deployment and complicate operations.

The latest Pentagon report on China’s military capabilities warned that Beijing has placed cyber capabilities in US critical infrastructure networks that could potentially be used to disrupt US military mobilization during a conflict.

The concerns come as the Pentagon focuses more on homeland defense and protecting military installations.

The Army’s new framework focuses on fighting through disruption

The Army How the Army Fights operational framework aims to set clearer priorities for training, combat operations and the integration of new technologies. It emphasizes preparing forces to deploy and sustain operations even when communications, supply lines, and military infrastructure are disrupted.

LaNeve said the framework will provide direction for the Army’s future development.

“It was important to get this document out there to give direction to our military, a stake in the ground where we’re moving,” he told Fox News Digital.

In addition, the military incorporates biological incidents into routine combat training to prepare soldiers for disease outbreaks or deliberate biological attacks that could disrupt military operations.

The US military warns that surveillance could expose troops around the world

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink separately warned that advances in surveillance technology could make it increasingly difficult for military forces to avoid detection.

“We’re rapidly moving to a point in time where depending on what your signature is, how fast you’re moving, the enemy will have some sense of where you are, no matter where you are on the planet,” Meink said.

He suggested such capabilities could emerge within five years, perhaps sooner, as China and other adversaries improve their ability to track military assets.

Hegseth criticizes the technological readiness of the US military

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has criticized the Pentagon’s handling of new military technology under previous administrations, arguing that the US has failed to keep pace in several areas.

“They napped in hypersonics. They napped in space. They napped in space weaponization. They napped on drones,” Hegseth said.

However, LaNeve emphasized that technological advances will not eliminate the need for soldiers to maintain basic combat skills.

“Soldiers are our number one platform. It’s the Army’s platform,” he told Fox News Digital.

The technology aims to make soldiers more capable, he said, but soldiers must remain capable of completing their missions when advanced systems are not available.

Read also | US-China rivalry could derail global AI rules, IIIT Hyderabad director warns