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President Joe Biden s first defense budget, totalling $752.9 billion, continues a Trump effort to modernize US nuclear forces.
That modernization could cost upward of $1.5 trillion over 15 years, and Biden s plan will only add to simmering debate about whether the US needs those nukes.
For those anticipating a significant shift in national priorities in the wake of the huge increase in defense expenditures during the last administration to the tune of some $100 billion over four years President Joe Biden s fiscal year 2022 national defense budget is a major disappointment.
On Friday, the Biden administration submitted its fiscal year 2022 budget request with a whopping $752.9 billion set aside for national defense, $715 billion of which is designated for the Pentagon. The proposed funding actually increases defense expenditures by some $11 billion from the Trump years.
The U.S. Military s New ICBM Could Be Ready Sooner Than Expected
How could it be early, given the complexity of engineering a weapons systems of this importance which, according to service developers, needs to be built for growth with technical standards allowing for continued upgrades as threats change? Here s how.
Could the Air Force’s new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) arrive as soon as 2026? Several years earlier than may have previously been projected? Maybe, according to an Air Force report citing senior service weapons developers emphasizing the need for the emerging Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) ICBM.
The Northrop Grumman program, now under contract and on track, had been slated to appear on the operational scene by the end of the decade, but now it may arrive earlier.
US President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping last month to cut off oil to North Korea, a move that would deal a crippling blow to its desperately struggling economy.
DepSecDef Hicks called the president’s $715 billion spending request “a foundation for fielding a full range of needed capabilities.” Republicans called.