Global Military Spending - NEWS ONLY

Lots of budget numbers here;

http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/DoD-Missile-Programs.html
 
http://aviationweek.com/defense/classified-pentagon-programs-will-cost-68-billion-2017?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20160309_AW-05_235&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPEN1000001791330&utm_campaign=5237&utm_medium=email&elq2=97c20130b4e144649c312ff70a0353
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/03/09/house-budget-proposal-falls-short-on-defense/
 
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/03/how-dod-can-manage-the-great-bow-wave/?utm_campaign=Breaking+Defense+Daily+Digest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27229516&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9sHJdSAnnQWF90UraS-km0Kz6MAJcIXq729Mg-TJsclvANp3fY21dOjSJfcJCs5rFVTip40LieIIRqLVwPvtj0Rq9_vw&_hsmi=27229516
 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/17/john-mccain-americas-military-force-deteriorating/
 
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20160321.aspx

Defense spending at PPP ratios, basically US goes from 'outspending next 15 nations combined to' being outspent by China and Russia combined.
 
http://csis.org/publication/fy17-budget-squeezes-mdas-research-and-development
 
http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/nato-members-defense-spending-two-charts/116008/
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/03/25/americas-military-is-in-much-worse-shape-than-youd-think/
 
Not defense spending but didn't want to start a new thread

http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/look-out-china-us-manufacturing-headed-no-1
 
https://news.usni.org/2016/04/01/former-hill-staffers-explain-ins-and-outs-of-crafting-annual-u-s-defense-bill
 
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/274967-former-defense-secretary-obama-double-crossed-me
 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/budget/2016/04/04/global-military-spending-grows-sipri-global-arms-trade-report/82530864/
 
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/capitol-hill/2016/04/05/budget-cuts-forcing-army-lose-its-competitive-edge/82672258/
 
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2015/11/assessing-common-arguments-for-cutting-national-security-spending-informing-current-and-future-budget-debates?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb
 
http://breakingdefense.com/2016/04/mcmaster-army-may-be-outnumbered-and-outgunned-in-next-war/?utm_campaign=Breaking+Defense+Daily+Digest&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=28106889&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--1IFC7gbG0PGPoVDXHdp4ibbw4OxQLkK0WG2O6BChRo72wFbaUvguqgG9ZzhQwx8VQl22nTeCYe_biXSj1imXk1Fm6DA&_hsmi=28106889
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/03/25/americas-military-is-in-much-worse-shape-than-youd-think/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb
 
http://therightscoop.com/fox-news-exclusive-the-us-marines-are-at-their-breaking-point/
 
https://news.usni.org/2016/04/15/document-report-to-congress-on-the-fiscal-year-2017-u-s-defense-budget
 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/04/15/every-dollar-counts-new-army-policy-aims-shake-up-spending-practices/83065192/

Why do I have the feeling that this is not going to end well?
 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/04/19/seapower-congress-house-randy-forbes-courtney-shipbuilding-navy-budget/83238278/
 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/2016/04/26/thornberry-funds-air-force-wish-list-5-f-35as-legacy-upgrades/83538498/
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/04/27/america-wants-a-foreign-policy-president/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXI2pmpbH_k
 
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2016/May%202016/0516chartspecial.pdf
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/04/11/russia-and-china-increase-defense-spending-while-us-continues-cutting/
 
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/05/09/army-has-fewest-active-duty-soldiers-since-1940-report-says.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm
 
https://news.usni.org/2016/05/10/document-fiscal-year-2015-list-of-top-100-u-s-contractors
 
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/279459-overnight-defense-house-panel-unveils-575b-defense-spending-bill
 
http://www.defencetalk.com/german-military-gets-a-personnel-boost-67455/
http://www.tank-net.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31817&p=1242442

A sticking plaster at best, and that may be being optimistic.
 
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/obama-congress-are-about-go-war-over-war-funding-16204
 
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-brink-disaster-can-congress-save-the-us-military-16213
 
https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/160511_Cancian_MilitaryForcesFY2017_Web.pdf
 
Pentagon pegs annual bomber spending at $11 billion in new 30-year plan, up from 2015

The Air Force will spend $11 billion annually over the coming decade on its long-range strike inventory, an approximately 20 percent hike compared to the Pentagon's 2015 forecast, according to a new Defense Department estimate that for the first time accounts for Northrop Grumman's plan to develop and build the B-21 bomber

DOD report: Air Force cannot afford mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond FY-21

The Air Force cannot afford to maintain legally mandated fighter aircraft inventory levels beyond fiscal year 2021, a requirement that, if continued, is projected to force the service to eventually reduce the number of combat-coded jets and squadrons during the early years of the next decade, according to a Pentagon report.
 
Defense Spending Bill Heads to Senate

—Will Skowronski

5/27/2016

​The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved its version of the defense spending bill on Thursday, which includes $515.9 billion in base funding and $58.6 billion in war funding. The bill, which now goes to the full Senate, largely mirrors the one the SAC Defense Subcommittee approved on Tuesday, which recommended $15.1 billion in budgets cuts to pay for unfunded requirements rather than using a large portion of overseas contingency operations funds, as the House Appropriations Committee’s version does. In the report accompanying the bill, however, the committee directs the Air Force to expedite procurement of a replacement for the UH-1N helicopter fleet that protects ICBM fields, according to a summary. Earlier in May, the service announced it would have a “full and open competition” to replace the Vietnam-era Hueys. The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to mitigate any security risk by providing additional air support until a replacement is fielded. SAC also waded into another controversial procurement project. In spite of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the Fiscal 2017 defense authorization bill limiting the Pentagon to buying nine more of the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines, SAC’s bill requires all competitive launch procurements be available to all certified launch providers no matter where the engine was made, according to a summary.

Being a Super Power Requires Investment

—Jennifer Hlad

5/27/2016

The Air Force has a “path laid out” for the future, and has the money it needs for everything in that plan—except nuclear recapitalization, USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Thursday. “We don’t have the money in our program for that,” Welsh said. And whether the Air Force gets the money it needs for that recapitalization depends on whether the US decides what it wants the military to be able to do in 30 or 50 years, Welsh said. “If you want to continue to use your military as if you are the global superpower, then it’s going to require investment,” he said. Welsh noted that the Navy doesn’t have enough money in its budget for nuclear recapitalization, either. “This is a debate that has to happen,” he said, rather than continuing to put it off. The nuclear triad has been the “backstop of our national security,” Welsh said, and if the US wants to keep it, “then we need to recapitalize it. It’s old. It’s really old.” Though some members of Congress have proposed a separate fund for new submarines—the Navy’s portion of the nuclear recapitalization effort—the Air Force has not been formally asked about that, nor has it asked for a separate fund itself, Welsh said. Still, he said, USAF would want both of its legs of the triad included if such a fund was created.
 
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/it-time-increase-us-defense-spending-16369
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2016/06/03/pentagon-weapons-spending-claims-only-1-of-gdp/#31b077b45006
 
http://dailysignal.com/2016/06/07/congress-should-not-use-defense-budget-as-piggy-bank-for-personal-priorities/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thf-fb
 
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2016/06/08/dems-seek-match-dod-hike/85582012/

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http://chinapower.csis.org/military-spending/#9f4b98f7-7919-cl
 
Brussels set to give ‘peace building’ funds to armed forces (ft.com, registration may be required.)

July 4, 2016 7:34 am

Brussels set to give ‘peace building’ funds to armed forces

Duncan Robinson in Bratislava


The EU is set to hand over funds earmarked for “peace building” and development to armed forces in Africa and the Middle East, overriding concerns from its legal services that such a move breaks the bloc’s laws.

Brussels is proposing to change the rules of its €2.4bn “Instrument Contributing to Stability and Peace”, which normally focuses on programmes such as maternity healthcare in Syria, to allow funds to be spent on military equipment and training in developing countries.

The amendment will be put forward by the commission on Tuesday, and comes after heavy lobbying in favour of such a move by member states.

The draft proposal from the European Commission seen by the Financial Times states that these funds “may be used to build the capacity of military actors in partner countries” in some circumstances.

The EU has attempted to align its development policy with its foreign policy in recent years with an increased focus on security, in a move that has been welcomed by the likes of Berlin and Paris but sharply criticised by some human rights groups.

EU lawyers have repeatedly expressed doubts about combining development aid and security policy in a series of private letters also seen by the FT.

“The financing of the military in the sense of military capacity-building . . . cannot be part of both the Union’s development co-operation policy and its [security policy] at the same time,” warned the commission’s legal service in a letter to the official overseeing the reforms seen by the FT.

The letter adds: “At least for interventions in developing countries, the [EU’s] treaties have not provided the necessary powers to finance the military of third countries”.

Two other legal analyses — from the European Commission and the Council — also cast doubt on the scheme’s legality, according to documents seen by the FT.

An EU official said: “The commission’s proposal will, as any commission proposal, be based on sound legal grounds, in accordance with the Legal Service of the commission.”

According to the draft, which will also proposes giving the “stability and peace” programme an additional €100m in support only if civilian means are unavailable.

Such a move would also require “consensus” support from member states or “the international community, for instance via a UN Security Council resolution. The money would not be allowed to finance the “procurement of arms and ammunition”.

Although the commission’s lawyers suggested that the “delivery of development services” could be done through the military “in exceptional circumstances”, the draft contains a broader definition with the military involvement allowed in order to “reach Union objectives”.

The EU official added: “Development and security go hand in hand — there cannot be any development without security and stability,” said one EU official.

Brussels has in general proven willing to use aid and investment in order to win over countries in the Middle East and Africa who may prove willing to help the EU cope with issues such as migration.

The commission last month unveiled a plan to hand out extra aid and make up to €62bn of investment available for countries that work with the EU to reduce the flow people entering Europe.

Similar deals have already been struck with Turkey, which will receive €6bn in aid and visa-free travel for its citizens, for its part in stopping migrants and refugees crossing the Aegean to Greece.

Both these measures have attracted stiff criticism from NGOs, who argue that they were immoral and even broke international laws. Supporters of the schemes argue that they are perfectly legal as well as extremely effective.
 

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