As the death toll of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians eclipsed 7,000, the U.S. announced Thursday it would send another 900 troops to the Middle East.
As of 2021, the US spending on military defence was 3.5% of its GDP. The United States Navy s 2024 budget request includes $253 billion worth of funding, $67.3 billion of which is earmarked for procuring.
The U.S. military force structure envisioned by the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and the President’s FY 2012 budget request is inadequate to protect vital U.S. national interests. After the “procurement holiday” during the 1990s and the wear and tear of the “long war against terrorism” in Iraq and Afghanistan, all military services urgently need to recapitalize and modernize their inventories. Over the long term, failure to invest the funds needed to rebuild the U.S. military in the near term will increase not only the costs, but also the risks to the nation and endanger U.S. allies and friends.
2021-07-11 22:30:50 GMT2021-07-12 06:30:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, July 11 (Xinhua) In a grand opening ceremony held on July 3, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the 3rd of July Naval Base on the country s northwest coast along the Mediterranean. It is considered the largest naval base in the most populous Arab country.
The new naval base, in addition to a string of military strongholds established in recent years, reveals a turn of the tide in the country s military strategy in recent years, military and political experts said.
Experts observed that the Egyptian military has strengthened its prowess by diversifying its weapon sources, establishing new military bases and naval fleets since Sisi took office in 2014.