Eyeing #China, #IndoPacific Command seeks $27 billion deterrence fund
Military officials outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction & closer military-to-military collaboration with allies.
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Military officials outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction & closer military-to-military collaboration with allies.
defensenews.com/congress/2021/…
2) A report from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command delivered to Congress on Monday calls for roughly $27 billion in additional spending between 2022 and 2027; with $4.6 billion for fiscal year 2022 alone.
3) INDOPACOM renewed its call for the U.S. to build a $1.6 billion, 360-degree persistent and integrated air defense capability in Guam, served by a $200 million high-frequency radar system in Pulau and a $2.3 billion constellation of space-based radars.
4) It also proposes $3.3 billion in ground-based, long-range fires with ranges of more than 500 kilometers, to make up “highly survivable, precision-strike networks along the First Island Chain.”
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