The Pentagon Seeks To Stock Up

[william]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has underscored that the U.S. military would need an astronomical amount of ordnance in a war against a near-peer adversary, so the Pentagon has devoted $30.6 billion of its proposed $842 billion budget for the 2024 fiscal year specifically for tactical missiles and other munitions.

That would represent a $5.8 billion increase in funding for munitions from the Pentagon’s fiscal 2023 budget, according to the Defense Department. Of the $30.6 billion, $17.1 billion would go to purchasing tactical missiles, such as Tomahawks; $7.3 billion would fund strategic missiles; and $5.6 billion would buy new ammunition.

The Defense Department plans to spend nearly 50% more on munitions than it requested from Congress five years ago, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told reporters on Monday.

The Pentagon seeks to stock up on Tomahawks and other tactical missiles in $842 billion budget

The Defense Department is spending more money on air- and sea-launched missiles.

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[DEFCON Warning System]

I'm not so sure China is a "near-peer" advisary. Their military philosophy is the same as Russia's. Just throw personnel at them until the other guy runs out of bullets. Doesn't work so well when the other guys has more bullets than you have people.

It's not that China can defeat the U.S. militarily. The problem is that China could probably defeat the U.S. when it comes to being able to prosecute the war.

China's government says "go to war," and the people have no choice but to follow. Not the same in the U.S.

 

[Yingyang]

I'm not so sure China is a "near-peer" advisary. Their military philosophy is the same as Russia's. Just throw personnel at them until the other guy runs out of bullets. Doesn't work so well when the other guys has more bullets than you have people.

It's not that China can defeat the U.S. militarily. The problem is that China could probably defeat the U.S. when it comes to being able to prosecute the war.

China's government says "go to war," and the people have no choice but to follow. Not the same in the U.S.

Conscription?