Climate change is different from
traditional military threats, according to report author Vice Adm. Richard H. Truly, because it's not like «some hot spot we're trying to handle.»
Not exact matches
a basing structure secure from
threats posed by climate change as well as more
traditional foes is a real national security consideration... We must anticipate new and revised missions for our
military forces and factor those into our calculations of the consequences of climate change for America's national security.
The NPR directs special attention to North Korea and Iran calling them a «clear and grave
threat» (p 32) and a «serious concern» (p 71) respectively, Russia which would face «unacceptably dire costs» (p 30) in case of aggression, and China which challenges «
traditional US
military superiority in the Western Pacific» (p 1).