The United States will increase its military budget – how much will it cost Ukraine
The total amount of defense spending next year will be $ 847 billion.
In this amount, you increase the payment to military and civilian employees of the Armed Forces by 4.6%, the purchase of new aircraft, sea and land equipment, as well as ammunition and support for Ukraine.
It is proposed to allocate $ 800 million to Kyiv within the framework of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative alone.
Direct Ukraine, the law provides for the allocation of $ 2.7 billion for the production of portable anti-aircraft systems Stinger and anti-tank missile systems Javelin, which the United States is actively supplying Ukraine.
in addition, the cost of developing a naval cruise missile base, which the Joe Biden administration recommended the military abandon, and the continued operation of 12 Navy ships planned to leave the fleet.
The costs also include the continued use of a free b83 atomic bomb with a capacity of up to 1.2 megatons.
The House Armed Services Committee is working on its own bill next week on June 22. Perhaps this is the time for all chambers to vote before lawmakers leave Washington for the August holidays.
“Every time the bill on important defense at this time, it became another question because of what we see in Ukraine. The real conflict between the great powers, which of us may have considered exhausted, shows that war, peace and diploma are not theoretical. and real, “Senator Tim Kane told reporters Thursday.
proposals ahead of the Rammstein meetings Western allies have announced the supply of new weapons to Ukraine.
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