The President's Proposed Defense budget = $895 Billion
Note that about half of this budget money goes to private-owned companies (contractors) for vehicles and weapons production, and for their services (including maintenance and repair).
Army – $185.8 Billion
Air Force – $262.3 Billion
Navy & Marines – $257.3 Billion
$167.5 Billion for buying new vehicles and weapons, including $49.2 Billion spent on Nuclear Weapon Systems.
Note that these new purchases are for adding to an already over-excessive amount of military vehicles and weapons.
Army spending on new vehicles –
31 AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters,
24 UH-60M Blackhawk assault helicopters,
10 CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters.
81 AMPV armored vehicles
33 M10 Booker armored fighting vehicles
28 M1074 Joint Assault Bridge vehicles
10 HIMARS rocket trucks
Upgrading 30 M1 Abrams tanks
Army spending on new missiles –
230 new Precision Strike missiles
230 Patriot PAC-3 MSE anti-ballistic missiles
930 Javelin missiles
10 Long Range Hypersonic missiles
23 Joint Air to Ground missiles
Navy spending on new vehicles –
13 carrier-based F-35C fighter jets
19 CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters
3 MQ-25A Stingray drone refueling tankers
1 Virginia-class nuclear submarine
2 Burke-class destroyers
1 Constellation-class frigate
1 San Antonio-class landing platform dock and landing ship.
Marinesspending on new vehicles and weapons –
13 F-35B fighter jets
104 new Amphibious Combat Vehicles
672 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
22 Tomahawk cruise missiles
90 anti-ship Naval Strike Missiles
Air Force spending on new vehicles –
42 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters (instead of using F-16 fighter jets)
18 F-15EX Super Eagle strike fighters
15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers
7 T-7A Red Hawk supersonic jet trainers
8 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters
12 Armed Overwatch prop-driven attack aircraft
Air Force spending on new missiles –
550 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Cruise Missiles
462 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles
147 AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
115 Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
50 Joint Strike Missiles
1500 GPS-guided bombs
1400 longer-range but smaller GPS-guided bombs
Missile Defense spending – $28.4 billion
new Air Defense Command & Control Systems
new Early-warning Systems
new Ground Based Interceptors
Nuclear Weapons – $49.2 billion
production of the new B-21 Raider bomber
refurbishing Trident II D-5 submarine launched missiles
developing the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile
construction of the new Columbia-class missile submarines
Currently: The U.S. Military already has these Advanced Vehicles
The Air Force
Fighter Jets
180 F-22s, each carries two Joint Direct Attack munitions and radar-guided air-to-ground missiles, and each has a stealth ability to stay undetected by enemy radar in order to target air defense sites.
Bombers –
75 B-52s, active and reserve, and each can carry 20 cruise missiles.
60 B-1 Bombers can carry cruise missiles, gravity bombs and naval mines.
20 B-2 Stealth Bombers, each capable of carrying nuclear or non-nuclear missiles, including two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
The US Navy
Submarines –
23 Los Angeles-class,
26 Virginia-class,
4 Ohio-class, each capable of launching large numbers of Tomahawk guided cruise missiles.
Aircraft Carriers –
10 Nimitz-class and 1 Ford-class, each capable of holding more than 60 aircraft, including F/A-18 fighter jets.
each capable of holding the Marines’ F-35B stealth fighter.
Destroyers and cruisers –
13 active and 14 stored Ticonderoga-class Cruisers, each carrying dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
73 active Arleigh Burke-class multi-mission Destroyers, with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and surface-to-air missiles. Each destroyer has over 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles, used as anti-aircraft missiles, land attack missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, and for anti-submarine warfare.
Biden's Proposed Military Budget
Biden's Proposed Military Budget
Biden's Proposed Military Budget
The President's Proposed Defense budget = $895 Billion
Note that about half of this budget money goes to private-owned companies (contractors) for vehicles and weapons production, and for their services (including maintenance and repair).
Army – $185.8 Billion
Air Force – $262.3 Billion
Navy & Marines – $257.3 Billion
$167.5 Billion for buying new vehicles and weapons,
including $49.2 Billion spent on Nuclear Weapon Systems.
Note that these new purchases are for adding to an already over-excessive amount of military vehicles and weapons.
Army spending on new vehicles –
31 AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters,
24 UH-60M Blackhawk assault helicopters,
10 CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters.
81 AMPV armored vehicles
33 M10 Booker armored fighting vehicles
28 M1074 Joint Assault Bridge vehicles
10 HIMARS rocket trucks
Upgrading 30 M1 Abrams tanks
Army spending on new missiles –
230 new Precision Strike missiles
230 Patriot PAC-3 MSE anti-ballistic missiles
930 Javelin missiles
10 Long Range Hypersonic missiles
23 Joint Air to Ground missiles
Navy spending on new vehicles –
13 carrier-based F-35C fighter jets
19 CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters
3 MQ-25A Stingray drone refueling tankers
1 Virginia-class nuclear submarine
2 Burke-class destroyers
1 Constellation-class frigate
1 San Antonio-class landing platform dock and landing ship.
Marines spending on new vehicles and weapons –
13 F-35B fighter jets
104 new Amphibious Combat Vehicles
672 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
22 Tomahawk cruise missiles
90 anti-ship Naval Strike Missiles
Air Force spending on new vehicles –
42 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters (instead of using F-16 fighter jets)
18 F-15EX Super Eagle strike fighters
15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers
7 T-7A Red Hawk supersonic jet trainers
8 MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters
12 Armed Overwatch prop-driven attack aircraft
Air Force spending on new missiles –
550 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Cruise Missiles
462 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles
147 AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
115 Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
50 Joint Strike Missiles
1500 GPS-guided bombs
1400 longer-range but smaller GPS-guided bombs
Missile Defense spending – $28.4 billion
new Air Defense Command & Control Systems
new Early-warning Systems
new Ground Based Interceptors
Nuclear Weapons – $49.2 billion
production of the new B-21 Raider bomber
refurbishing Trident II D-5 submarine launched missiles
developing the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile
construction of the new Columbia-class missile submarines
Currently: The U.S. Military already has these Advanced Vehicles
The Air Force
Fighter Jets
180 F-22s,
each carries two Joint Direct Attack munitions and radar-guided air-to-ground missiles, and each has a stealth ability to stay undetected by enemy radar in order to target air defense sites.
Bombers –
75 B-52s, active and reserve, and each can carry 20 cruise missiles.
60 B-1 Bombers can carry cruise missiles, gravity bombs and naval mines.
20 B-2 Stealth Bombers,
each capable of carrying nuclear or non-nuclear missiles, including two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
The US Navy
Submarines –
23 Los Angeles-class,
26 Virginia-class,
4 Ohio-class,
each capable of launching large numbers of Tomahawk guided cruise missiles.
Aircraft Carriers –
10 Nimitz-class and 1 Ford-class,
each capable of holding more than 60 aircraft, including F/A-18 fighter jets.
Amphibious Assault Ships – (smaller aircraft carriers)
each capable of holding the Marines’ F-35B stealth fighter.
Destroyers and cruisers –
13 active and 14 stored Ticonderoga-class Cruisers,
each carrying dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles.
73 active Arleigh Burke-class multi-mission Destroyers,
with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and surface-to-air missiles. Each destroyer has over 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles, used as anti-aircraft missiles, land attack missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, and for anti-submarine warfare.