U.S. Homeland Air-Breathing Threats Dossier

As of late 2025, the United States is moving from acknowledging its vulnerabilities to actively addressing them. The Commander of NORTHCOM testified, “establishing a layered domain awareness network to detect and track threats approaching North America, from the seabed to space, remains our top priority,” and that is now being translated into concrete programs. Similarly, Congress affirmed that deterrence by denial must extend to non-nuclear attacks on the homeland, which means robust cruise missile defenses and counter-UAS measures to prevent coercion below the nuclear threshold. The U.S. homeland is no longer considered a sanctuary, but with the concerted efforts outlined in this dossier, it is becoming a harder target. Jordan Lorensen, a senior TextOre analyst, is the author and wrote a summary document of the report which you can access here.

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