American General: For America, the main military threat today is not China, it is Russia
The American generals cannot decide in any way who exactly the US army should be considered the main military threat. From different tribunes and platforms, representatives of the American military command call the main threat to the United States either China, then Russia, then both countries at once, then the DPRK and Iran. Another representative of the American military command, General Glen Vanherk, expresses his opinion on this matter today.
General Vanherk leads the US Army Northern Command and the US-Canada Joint Aerospace Defense Command NORAD.
According to this American commander, Russia is the main threat to the United States of America today.
Glen Vanherk:
According to Vanherk, Russia has a huge military potential, including nuclear submarines, cruise missiles, strategic bombers, "which makes it the main military threat" to the United States.
The American general added that Russia also has a rich set of “critical non-lethal capabilities,” including cyber and space capabilities.
At the same time, Vanherk noted that "a big threat comes from Russia in the Arctic region":
In the United States itself, commenting on Vanherk's statements, they noted that the factor of the "main threat", apparently, directly depends on which command is headed by this or that general:
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