Hegseth orders Army overhaul to counter China, boost space and missile defenses

On Wednesday, Defense Minister Beit Higseth ordered a shift from top to bottom of the army in a comprehensive direction aimed at directing the service towards competing with the superpower.

By focusing on facing China, developing anti -space capabilities, and speeding up the Pentagon’s new golden dome strategy, the aggressive modernization voltage directs the army to reduce the old systems of the elderly, orders for restructuring and faster orders than new technologies.

The memorandum ordered the integration of the leadership of the army futures, based in Austin, Texas, with the training and the training leadership, based in Fort Ostes, Virginia, and the integration of the forces of the forces, the North American Army and the American army in the south.

“To build a smaller and more deadly power, the army must turn with an accelerated pace by stripping out of outdated or unnecessary and ineffective programs, in addition to restructuring the headquarters and acquisition systems.”

The new army secretary, Trump, extends to Higseth to create a “hot for change” while he is in the score of waste.

“At the same time, the army must give priority to investments according to the management strategy, and to ensure priority is given to current resources to improve long -term microscopic fires, air and missile defense including through America’s golden dome, cyber, electronic warfare, and counter -space capabilities.”

Higseth wants the army to be able to offer long -range missiles capable of hitting the targets of the land and the moving naval and achieving the dominance of electromagnetism and vitality by 2027 with the possibility of waving on the horizon in the India and Pacific Theater.

The memorandum calls for reducing the inhabited attack helicopters in favor of inexpensive drone swarms and reducing the positions of general officers to focus driving structures on the fighter.

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The purchase of old systems will be completed, according to the memo, and “extra or ineffective” programs will be canceled, including inhabited aircraft and excess ground vehicles such as HUMVEE. (Credit: US Army)

Higseth ordered the army to empower the leadership and control of AI at the theater, Legion and division headquarters by 2027 and expand 3D printing of weapons.

The memorandum also calls for an increase in the presence of the army in the Indian Pacific Ocean and more joint exercises with the allies in the region.

The purchase of old systems will be completed, according to the memo, and “extra or ineffective” programs will be canceled, including inhabited aircraft and excess ground vehicles such as HUMVEE.

The memorandum calls for reducing the inhabited attack helicopters in favor of inexpensive drone swarms and reducing the positions of general officers to focus driving structures on the fighter. (Daniel King/Anadolo via Getti Emiez)

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The army will review and cancel the ineffective contracts and work to transform from the funding -based financing to capacity -based financing, adding the right to reform judgments in all contracts, as well as implement performance -based contract to reduce waste.

The Minister of Defense also calls for reforms in the employment of shooting systems, reduce spending on climate initiatives, old sustainability initiatives and excessive travel.