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WASHINGTON \u2014 A \u201cvastly different\u201d design for homeland defense<\/a> is in the works at U.S. Northern Command, its leader said during a May 9 hearing before the Senate Strategic Forces Subcommittee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck <\/a>noted he\u2019d already recommended to the Pentagon a plan to change overall policy for homeland defense. But in addition to that, \u201cI\u2019m also in the middle of developing what I call \u2018Homeland Defense<\/a> Design 2035,\u2019 \u201d he said, \u201cwhich gets after \u2026 a new way of defending the homeland, and that\u2019s vastly different than the way we do it today with fighters, tankers, [airborne warning and control systems aircraft], those kinds of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORTHCOM is responsible for guarding the continental United States. North American Aerospace Defense Command, which is housed with NORTHCOM, combines U.S. and Canadian efforts to monitor and protect North American airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of NORTHCOM\u2019s design will come up with a modernization plan for the North Warning System, a joint early-warning radar system with Canada that provides air surveillance for North America across the polar region<\/a> and was built in the 1980s to replace the Distant Early Warning Line system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe department hasn\u2019t made a decision on the modernization of the North Warning System or further replacement of the radars associated with the North Warning System,\u201d VanHerck said, but that will be \u201cpart of the relook at homeland defense and the policy study ongoing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. adversaries\u2019 rapidly maturing technologies and capabilities <\/a>are threatening the homeland in new ways, including hypersonic weapons<\/a> and cruise missiles<\/a>. In February, a Chinese surveillance balloon floated across the United States<\/a>. As a result of these growing threats, the U.S. is rethinking its approach for detection and response to possible threats on the homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORTHCOM and NORAD must embrace \u201cfuture types of systems\u201d that in the past may have sounded like science fiction, VanHerck said earlier this year at a congressional hearing on the fiscal 2024 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the future of homeland defense is vastly different than what we see today,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIt\u2019s likely including autonomous platforms, airborne, maritime platforms, unmanned platforms with domain awareness sensors, and effectors that are kinetic and non-kinetic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Autonomous and uncrewed systems could linger and observe for extended periods of time, providing a steady feed of information that can then be evaluated for threats. They could also park in places considered too risky or complicated for troops to be in-person, he described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The command is also heavily involved in discussions on over-the-horizon radar with Canada<\/a>, VanHerck said at the May 9 hearing, which will enhance situational awareness in defense of the homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VanHerck stressed that over-the-horizon radar is not \u201cthe end-all, be-all solution that will give me domain awareness<\/a> further away from the homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he is \u201cstill confident\u201d in the military\u2019s ability to detect balloons like the one from China, VanHerck said there must be a link between over-the-horizon radars, and that data needs to channel properly to an \u201cendgame effector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This requires additional domain awareness, a well-built infrastructure of radars and sensors, and the ability to pass data across an integrated air and missile defense system that can lead to neutralizing threats, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not focused on an endgame kinetic kill,\u201d VanHerck said. \u201cI\u2019m focused primarily on the policy for what we must have, [an] endgame kinetic kill, but more broadly for developing capabilities such as the use of electromagnetic spectrum, non-kinetic effectors to deny and deceive, and limited-area or wide-area defense capabilities to include the use of autonomous unmanned platforms with domain awareness capabilities that could be maritime and airborne.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Demarest contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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