The threat posed by Islamic State militants, who have seized control of large parts of Syria and Iraq, is "beyond anything we've seen", according to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
The group, which beheaded American journalist James Foley in response to US airstrikes in Iraq, was "beyond just a terrorist group", Mr Hagel said.
"They marry ideology, a sophistication of … military prowess," he added.
Airstrikes in Syria - where Mr Foley disappeared in November 2012 - have not been ruled out.
When asked about that possibility, Mr Hagel said Washington was "exploring all options".
James Foley in Libya in 2011 General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, also did not discount attacks on IS fighters in Syria.
"This is an organisation that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision and which will eventually have to be defeated," he said at a briefing.
"To your question, can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organisation which resides in Syria? The answer is no.
"That will have to be addressed on both sides of what is essentially at this point a non-existent border."
A rough outline of the caliphate declared by IS militants IS, which was formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, declared an Islamic state, or caliphate, covering large parts of the two countries earlier this year.
Michael Scheuer, a former CIA senior officer who ran operations against al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has told Sky News defeating IS will require an "enormous" number of Western troops on the ground which would mean an "enormous bloodbath".
He said: "It's a greatly bigger problem than we've seen before, it's better armed, it's better led and certainly more vicious than al Qaeda was in the initial years."
Militants vowed to attack US targets in another video clip US President Barack Obama has insisted the scope of the US strikes will remain limited, while Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not fight another war in Iraq.
A criminal investigation has now been opened into Mr Foley's murder, which was recorded by the militants in a video that emerged earlier this week.
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