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Date
State
Wisconsin
Category
ANG
Type Draft
New Resolution
State Association First Name
Dan
State Association Last Name
Statz
Resolution No.
28
Item No
B
Fiscal Year
2028
State Association Email
State Association Phone Number
608-327-9266
SME Email
SME Phone
608-327-9266
Task Force
Combat Support/Mission Support
State Association Title
Air Resolution Lead
Proposal Statement
Increased CONUS local/state/federal Point Defense authorities for coordination, monitoring (passive/active), and engagement (non-kinetic/kinetic) capabilities.
Recommendation Information
The Department of War must aggressively advocate for updated legislative and interagency frameworks that expand domestic engagement authorities for military commanders. To protect critical assets, base commanders require the immediate authority to intercept hostile aerial threats at homeland installations—particularly at joint-use airfields—by establishing pre-delegated, automated triggers coordinated directly with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The contemporary threat environment has permanently erased the geographic sanctuary historically enjoyed by continental United States (CONUS) installations. Peer adversaries and transnational actors now possess the capability to deploy low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), "dark drones," loitering munitions, and frequency-agile emitters directly against homeland bases.
Currently, domestic base commanders are constrained by highly restrictive, peacetime-oriented engagement authorities that treat airspace intrusions primarily as law enforcement or regulatory incursions rather than hostile military actions. This severe lag in authorized response times creates an unacceptable vulnerability.
If a coordinated asymmetric attack is launched against a CONUS installation, commanders cannot afford to navigate multi-layered, bureaucratic, and highly centralized authorization chains to defend their assets. To counter dynamic, high-speed, and low-altitude threats, homeland commanders must be legally and operationally empowered with pre-delegated kinetic and non-kinetic engagement authorities to protect critical warfighting capabilities in-garrison.
The contemporary threat environment has permanently erased the geographic sanctuary historically enjoyed by continental United States (CONUS) installations. Peer adversaries and transnational actors now possess the capability to deploy low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), "dark drones," loitering munitions, and frequency-agile emitters directly against homeland bases.
Currently, domestic base commanders are constrained by highly restrictive, peacetime-oriented engagement authorities that treat airspace intrusions primarily as law enforcement or regulatory incursions rather than hostile military actions. This severe lag in authorized response times creates an unacceptable vulnerability.
If a coordinated asymmetric attack is launched against a CONUS installation, commanders cannot afford to navigate multi-layered, bureaucratic, and highly centralized authorization chains to defend their assets. To counter dynamic, high-speed, and low-altitude threats, homeland commanders must be legally and operationally empowered with pre-delegated kinetic and non-kinetic engagement authorities to protect critical warfighting capabilities in-garrison.
