The United States Secretary of Defense, Pete HegsethHe has announced that he intends to reduce pentagon spending. In this sense, it will transfer up to 50,000 million dollars from the body of the agency in “low impact and low priority programs” To others that are aligned with the defense plans of President Trump.
According to the media an expert insists that “the first element in the block of cuts should be the missile Long-Rage Standoff, which will cost at least 16,000 million dollars in the next 10 years.” This cruise missile has nuclear capacity, launched from the air, “intended to be transported by bombers such as B-52, B-2 and B-21 E Includes a triad of air, land and sea weapons“But,” we may not need nuclear weapons based on the air. ”
In this sense, the publication lists two justifications to take into account.
- “The urgent order of the Trump administration to focus on the main defense priorities” means that “The Pentagon cannot afford weapons that only provide a complementary capacity”.
- Secondly, “there are many ways to point out our intention, including bombers that carry conventional weapons, aircraft carriers and submarines with slBM.”
According to the disseminated information, the US Congress Budget Office estimated that “around 16,000 million dollars would be avoided in development and acquisition costs in the next 10 years.” In addition, the elimination of Millions of dollars a year in maintenance and modernization and training of the crew.
Also, money saved “It should be used immediately to build and modernize the Air Force we need to fight China and Russia: Transport aircraft, replenishment aircraft, conventional ammunition and, more important bring peace through force. “
