Obama’s Defense Strategy Emphasizes Asia, Cybersecurity

President Barack Obama presented a revamped U.S. military strategy for an era of budget cuts that pledges to emphasize Asia and space and cyber capabilities while preserving missions such as defeating al-Qaeda.

The new strategy outlined today calls for investments in cybersecurity to defeat electronic attacks, in expanded space-based intelligence platforms and for “developing a new stealth bomber.” At the same time, it raises the possibility that U.S. “deterrence goals can be achieved with a smaller nuclear force” and says the U.S. presence in Europe “must evolve,” without providing specifics.