In the coming years, the U.S. Department of Defense will have to allocate an unprecedented budgetto ensure effective
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US President Joe Biden askedUS Congress $ 842 billion for the maintenance of the Armed Forces of the country for the 2024 fiscal year. At the same time, the Indo-Pacific Command needs $87 billion to effectively contain China. Fortunately, we are talking about funding for the period from 2024 to 2028.
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In 2023, the command's budget is justmore than $9 billion, but already in 2024 it will increase by more than one and a half times - up to $15.4 billion. The United States is forced to invest in various segments to effectively counter the People's Republic of China.
In particular, the command indicated in the listmissiles, air defense systems, space assets, radar systems, exercises and data exchange systems. In addition, the request involves financing the creation of new landfills and supply depots.
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The project of strengthening the air defense of the militarythere is already a base on the island of Guam. It involves the deployment of the Aegis Ashore system by 2026. $10.8 billion is needed to improve the US presence in the region. The Marine Corps will send 5,000 troops to the islands of Guam, Tinian and Pulau, who are now on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The US should invest more than $2 billion in infrastructure development here.
For the implementation of the Space Force project, it is necessaryallocate $6.3 billion, including $1 billion to create a space-based system to track enemy missiles that can be launched from ships, submarines, aircraft and land-based sites.
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Finally, Tomahawk anti-ship missiles, mines and cruise missiles will cost $2.8 billion and will be for the US Navy.