The US is at a critical juncture with China and will need military power to ensure that American values, not Beijing’s, set global goals in the 21st century, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday. Austin’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum capped a week in which the Pentagon was focused on China’s rise and what that might mean for America’s position in the world. by 2035, without specifying how China would want to use them.
Austin was there as the community got its first glimpse. of the military’s new, highly-targeted stealth nuclear bomber, the B-21 Raider, designed to enhance Beijing’s rapidly expanding cyber, space and nuclear capabilities. Story continues below advertisement China is “the only country with the will and, increasingly, the power to reshape its region and the international system to suit its own interests,” Austin said Saturday. “So let me be clear: We will not allow that to happen.” The Pentagon is also concerned about Russia and remains committed to arming Ukraine while avoiding escalating that conflict into a US-Moscow war, he said at the forum, which was held in Ronald.
Reagan Presidential Library. “We will not be dragged into Putin’s war,” Austin said. 3:36 Feds aim to curb foreign influence “These next few years will set the tone for our competition with the People’s Republic of China. They will shape the future of security in Europe,” Austin said. “And they will decide whether our children and grandchildren inherit an open world of rules and rights – or whether they face bold autocrats who want to rule by force and fear.” Still, between the two nuclear power threats, China remains the biggest threat, Austin said. “In our imperfect world, prevention comes with power.” 5:16 The meeting with Xi of China was ‘open and clear’:
The Biden Bomb is part of a major overhaul of the ongoing nuclear triad that the Congressional Budget Office has estimated will cost $1.2 trillion by 2046. It includes Raider which serves as the backbone of the Congressional Budget Office. the future air leg of the triangle, but also requires the modernization of the nation’s ballistic missiles launched by the nuclear intercontinental silo and nuclear submarines.
The Department of Defense has the largest limited budget of all government agencies, and could receive up to $847 billion in the 2023 budget if Congress passes the current funding bill before this legislative session. it ends. Story continues below advertisement However, defense advocates say it is not enough to modernize and keep up with China because too much money goes to military personnel. CBO estimates that nearly one-quarter of the defense budget is spent on personnel costs such as wages, health care and retirement accounts.
