Homeland defense
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Homeland defense is the protection of U.S. territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression.
(Definition will be incorporated into JP 3-26 upon its approval). Not to be confused with Homeland security.




Homeland security
Homeland security
Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...

 (HS) is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and
minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do occur.

Full definition

"Homeland defense (HD) is the protection of US sovereignty
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...

,
territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...


against external threats and aggression
Aggression
In psychology, as well as other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior between members of the same species that is intended to cause humiliation, pain, or harm. Ferguson and Beaver defined aggressive behavior as "Behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of...

, or other threats as directed
by the President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

. DOD
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

 is responsible for the HD mission, and therefore leads the HD response, with other departments and agencies in support of DOD efforts."

Threat strategy

HD strategic threat environment is based on the following conditions and profiles:
  • Diminished protection afforded by geographic distances
  • Traditional threats remain
  • Greater risk of a weapon of mass destruction attack
  • Increased potential for miscalculation and surprise
  • Increased potential for terrorist attacks
  • Increased challenges from weak and failing states and non-state actors
  • Increasing diversity in sources and unpredictability of the locations of conflict
  • Threats to US vital interests overseas
  • Increasing transnational.

Responses to the changes in any of the above can effect US's international environment through the application of diplomatic, economic, military, and informational means. Thus, a proactive and comprehensive approach to HD is required for US's response.

See also

  • National Strategy for Homeland Security
    National Strategy for Homeland Security
    The United States National Strategy for Homeland Security is a formal government response to the events of September 11, 2001 at the Pentagon and World Trade Center. The document issued by President George W...

  • Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate
    Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate
    The Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate , of the First Air Force operates out of its Northern Headquarters at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, effective 1 January 2008....


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