US general says military ready despite budget cutsBy RICHARD LARDNER
In 2013, similar across-the-board cuts came in the form of sequestration, or a self-imposed spending freeze that disproportionately harmed the military due to inaction by politicians on debt reduction. Uniformed leadersdescribed the abrupt cutsas the “biggest challenge to the military’s readiness....
The Chinese military adamantly opposes the United States and the United Kingdom using the so-called China military threat as an excuse to increase their military spending, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Thursday. In early March, the White House ...
In addition to Afghanistan, the U.S. has reduced its military presence in several other conflict zones in recent years. It has lowered troop levels in Iraq from 170,000 in 2007 to 2,500 in 2021, and in Syria from 1,700 in 2018 to around 900 today. While these reductions may seem li...
What if NASA gets an annual budget like that of US military? Well, that’s one of the many questions we all are pondering for many years. So let’s do a detailed analysis of what could have happened if NASA was granted with nearly $600 billion of annual budget each year. ...
HASC Chairman Smith has said he couldn’t support an across-the-board defense cut without a new strategy to support it. He told Defense News in October that he backs “a center-left, pragmatic approach” to securing a strong military, though he predicted a flat budget ― which is...
Indecision on Budget Hurts American Image US Leadership in Diplomatic, Military Affairs Undamaged, but Economic Influence SuffersIndecision on Budget Hurts American Image US Leadership in Diplomatic, Military Affairs Undamaged, but Economic Influence SuffersRobert P. Hey, writer of The Christian Science ...
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India’s military has historically been equipped with Russian and Soviet weapons. Most of those contracts date back to the Cold War, a conflict in which India was officially non-aligned but close to Moscow. So most of India’s arsenal was — and still is — Soviet-made. By now, some th...
According to the Congressional Budget Office, US citizens could feel the effects of a large national debt in higher taxes, lower ability to fund benefits and services, and less money to meet economic crises like wars or natural disasters like the coronavirus pandemic. Can the United States pay...