(Washington Comprehensive) revealed that the new defense budget in the United States will reduce investment in old weapons and increase the degree of modernization and future combat capabilities of nuclear weapons in the United States to increase deterrent power to China.
US President Biden Biden's total defense budget for the 2022 fiscal year on Friday on Friday was US $ 715 billion (about S $ 946.7 billion), which is expected to increase investment in the army, increase space combat capabilities and nuclear weapons technologyDevelopment support further develops ultra -high -speed weapons and other "next -generation" weapon systems to fight against the threat of Russia and China.
The budget will also be injected with the "Pacific deterrence plan" against China's expansion.The plan will enhance the United States' preparation capabilities in the Indo -Pacific region by increasing investment in radar, satellite and missile systems.
In order to mobilize funds to achieve this key transfer, the Pentagon will seek to eliminate some old equipment with high maintenance costs, including four coastal combat ships, multiple A-10 attack aircraft and some KC-10 and KC-135 air.Volume machines.
The Biden government will also ask for the purchase of 85 F-35 stealth fighters, which is higher than the first two fiscal years.
2021 and 2020 fiscal defense budgets are required to purchase 79 and 78 F-35 fighters, respectively, and eventually they were approved by the two hospitals.The president's budget proposal is usually the starting point of negotiation with Congress, and the negotiations will eventually decide how to divide funds.
Hicks, Deputy Minister of Defense, said at his appointment hearing in February this year: "To maintain deterrence, we must realize modernization. Once the appointment is appointed, I will seek to improve the innovation speed and scale of our troops. "
The Bayeng government will continue to invest in the strategic nuclear force of the US Trinity to improve its modernization level.According to data from the US Congress Budget Office, the project will cost at least $ 60 billion per year in the past 10 years, and the total amount will exceed $ 1 trillion.
Funding will be used to improve the command and control of nuclear weapons, and improve the nuclear weapon carrier platform, such as Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics.) Nuclear submarines, as well as the ability to confirm that the F-35 fighter has the ability to carry nuclear bombs.
