President of the United States Donald Trump demands in the fiscal year 2019 expenditures for military purposes of $ 686.1 billion. It is assumed that the main opponents for Washington, with whom he intends to enter the competition - Beijing and Moscow.
The budget request for defensive needs includes $ 617 billion in financing of basic needs and operations of the Pentagon, an additional, and $ 30 billion in nuclear weapons programs, including expenditures for the Ministry of Energy's programs in this area. In general, the cost of national defense in the US will grow to 716 billion dollars, the US edition of Defense News writes.
The second Trump budget plan involves an increase in the number of US forces by 25.9 thousand people. This will ensure the purchase of 10 new ships for the US Navy in the fiscal year 2019 and form three more squadrons for the US Air Force.
Refusal of these intentions "will encourage the enemies of America," believe in the administration of Donald Trump.
The budget provides for purchases of arms and military equipment in the amount of $ 236.7 billion. Of this figure, $ 144.3 billion.
One of the biggest increases in the cost of the US military budget in 2019 is for an indefinite article - "Providing support for military operations" ($ 66.8 billion).
For these purposes, it is expected to spend $ 16.9 billion more than in the 2018 financial year, in which this figure was $ 49.9 billion.
