So I don't know if anyone has posted it yet, but the Department of War has posted the
National Defense Strategy for 2026 Here are some highlights.
Feels like a flashier reiteration of 2025, also weird to see the DoD and Gulf of Mexico referred to as the DoW and Gulf of America. Anyway, personal list of notables:
- Reiteration of commitment to Monroe Doctrine
- Allies in Asia via India
- Increased "burden sharing" a.k.a. having NATO countries build their own armies and defenses
- Revitalize the MIC (we need another 50s/60s cold war for that Don)
Honestly I have to skim this because it's infected with very poor prose. Feels like AI at some points with the number of em-dashes in it. Unreadable.
- DoW will continue supporting DHS on the border. It's listed at the top of domestic priorities.
- Secure key terrain from the Arctic to South America, specifically Greenland and the Panama Canal (didn't we give that up?)
- Modernize nuclear forces (shit, maybe we will have another true cold war)
- Anti-Islamic terrorist activities on homeland, in Africa, etc.
That's it. May have missed some stuff but there's nothing new unlike the 2025 version.