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Home Front: Politix
Pentagon asks for biggest budget EVER at $842 BILLION - and it could soon hit $1 TRILLION: US wants $11B for hypersonic weapons, $29.8B for missile defense systems, 72 jets and $1.5B to defend Guam from China
2023-03-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The Pentagon budget includes unprecedented amounts on new technology

  • Advanced missiles, hypersonic weapons and space warfare have been requested in the $842 billion package

  • The request also includes the largest pay raise for troops in the last 20 years

Posted by:Skidmark

#7  ^ Bulk RIF and rehire as consultants
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-15 14:45  

#6  You can save money by delaying promotions 18 months+ rather than annually.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-15 14:19  

#5  Is there money in there for balloon deterrents?
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-15 12:53  

#4  How many new "Diversity Bureaucrats" did the budget add?
Posted by: magpie   2023-03-15 12:30  

#3  We develop new ideas so China and the Rooshuns can steal them
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-15 10:54  

#2  ^ Weren't we "falling behind" in the space race?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-03-15 10:06  

#1  US space program budget higher than the rest of the world combined - data
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-15 09:54  

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