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Over the past few decades , us ,

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adversaries have used emerging

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technologies to develop capabilities

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that can have devastating effects in

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the American homeland and severely

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restrict military actions in forward

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theaters . Developing an active layered

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defense in sovereign us territory is

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essential to create the national

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resiliency necessary to achieve victory

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in future conflicts . This video

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describes the multi domain resiliency

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zone or MD RZ concept that can be

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adapted to protect specified defense ,

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critical infrastructure in order to

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enable force projection and critical

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military missions . The United States

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military relies on defense , critical

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infrastructure or DC is to enable

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critical military missions . The first

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layer of defense for these assets is

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generally the military base surrounding

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the DC I and associated security forces

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in times of conflict . Additional

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military assets may be leveraged to

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provide additional security . DC is

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also rely on non dod owned critical

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infrastructure to include the

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electrical grid , water treatment

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facilities , communication hubs and

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transportation networks . Also crucial

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to DC I . Protection is the surrounding

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local community which provides

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essential services to local military

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forces and is where many soldiers and

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their families reside in the complex

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web of infrastructure ,

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interdependencies , various

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vulnerabilities and gaps exist that

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will allow adversaries to disrupt

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essential military efforts . Adversary

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infiltration of key installations is an

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ongoing threat . A USA today article in

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May of 2023 reported on Chinese

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citizens posing as tourists making

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several attempts to access military

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facilities in Alaska . Drones present a

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means by which adversaries can gather

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information , disrupt air operations

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and physically attack installations ,

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drone attacks on us bases in Iraq and

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disruptions at the Gatwick Airport in

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2018 demonstrate these capabilities .

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The US domestic power grid is essential

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to military operations but it faces

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various man made and natural threats .

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The Metcalf substation attack in 2013

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demonstrates the physical vulnerability

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of the grid . The Texas freeze in 2021

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and associated power outages exhibit

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the risk of extreme weather events .

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Additional risks include but are not

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limited to adversary electromagnetic

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spectrum attacks that may degrade us

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position , navigation and timing or PNT

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capabilities and direct kinetic strikes

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with conventional or hypersonic

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missiles in order to protect critical

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military assets and enable successful

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military objectives in forward theaters .

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Us army North proposes the multi domain

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resiliency zone concept as a way to

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enhance domestic resiliency against

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these vulnerabilities . The MD RZ

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incorporates two distinct concepts ,

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army multi domain operations and

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adaptive island . The MD RZ concept

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provides multi domain capabilities and

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creates resilience in multiple domains

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and prevents the adversary's objective

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of precluding the convergence of

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friendly forces . As in forward

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theaters , various systems would

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comprise a tailored comprehensive

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protective network that prevents and or

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mitigant adversary attacks on us

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critical assets and capabilities . The

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second component of the MD RZ model is

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Adaptive Island . Adaptive Island was

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developed by the National Research

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Council in 2002 to prevent prolonged

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grid wide outages from exploitation of

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known grid vulnerabilities . Island

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requires strategic electrical isolation

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of the grid into self sufficient

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regions , including surrounding cities

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or towns into this concept , ensures

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higher levels of military readiness and

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military installation functionality by

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protecting grid access for the

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surrounding population which includes

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dod family members , water and fuel

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infrastructure and some defense

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industrial based locations . The island

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in concept can be expanded past

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electrical infrastructure and be

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applied to other elements of the 16

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critical infrastructure sectors .

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Adaptive island and multi domain

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protection can be merged into the multi

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domain resiliency zone construct to

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create zones around priority bases that

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are isolated from the national electric

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grid and protected in critical domains

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determined by specific installation

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vulnerabilities and tailored to the

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threats and vulnerabilities of

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different regions . Though no two MD

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Rzs will look exactly the same examples

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of capabilities within the zones . May

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include artificial intelligence enabled

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security to enhance threat

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identification counter UAs systems to

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defeat adversary drones directed energy

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weapons to defeat adversary

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conventional and hypersonic missiles .

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Cyber protection teams to mitigate

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adversary cyber attacks , assured

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position , navigation and timing ,

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integrated environments and the

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employment of small nuclear reactors to

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ensure power generation essential to

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each MD RZ will also be enhanced co

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ordination with federal state and local

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officials to ensure synchronization of

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priorities and efforts through the

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future of homeland defense project . Us

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army North continues to build the MD RZ

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concept . Future workshop topics will

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include robotics , air defense designer ,

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materials , synthe , biology and

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several others . These workshops will

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provide critical input to continue

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building the MD RZ concept . MD Rzs

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built throughout the homeland will

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create pockets of resilience and become

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the basis of the homeland defense

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network . By increasing the resilience

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of priority basis , the joint force

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will be better able to accomplish

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critical military tasks during conflict .