Defense News: Pentagon unveils $686 billion military budget for FY19
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget is requesting $686.1 billion in military funding, with a focus on great power competition with Russia and China, the Pentagon announced Monday morning.
The request includes $617 billion in base budget funding and $69 billion in cap-exempt wartime funds, part of the administration’s expected $716 billion national security request (which includes Department of Energy nuclear programs).
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters Sunday the new two-year budget agreement would allow the military to be reshaped “back to a position of primacy.”
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 13, 2018
Pentagon 2019 budget: Here's what the military wants to buy -- Defense News
Trump looks to deter Russia, China with $686B ask for Pentagon -- The Hill
The Trump Military Buildup Has Begun With DOD’s Proposed Budget -- Task & Purpose
Putin has not signed Russia’s new state armament plan yet, Kremlin says -- TASS
'This Is For Our Boys!' How Russia Commemorates Its Fallen Soldiers in Syria -- Sputnik
Beijing Poised to Build World's Biggest Test Site for Drone Ships in S China Sea -- Sputnik
China's Xi stresses military modernisation in pre-new year visit -- Reuters
The 'globalisation' of China's military power -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
South Korea links thaw with North to gains on nuclear issue -- Nikkei Asian Review
Kabul Hosts Regional Military Chiefs -- RFE
Myanmar's presence downplayed at Thai-US military exercise -- FOX News
Israel Air Force says seized Iranian drone is a knockoff of US Sentinel -- Defense News
Israel Lost a Jet, but Proved It Would Win the War -- Amos Yadlin & Ari Heistein, Cipher Brief
Doha Can’t Have It All: Qatar Must Choose Between Russian Systems and U.S. Support -- Alexandra Gutowski, RCD
Turkey to bolster fight in Syria with new armored vehicles, helicopters -- Defense News
British defense secretary says warship bound for South China Sea: media -- Reuters
US cautiously watching EU military proposal -- Defense News
US Navy wants more sailors, jets and an extra ship in 2019 -- Defense News
US Navy Invites Bids to Build More Guided Missile Destroyers -- Sputnik
Air Force F-15 Now Armed With New Weapons to Fly into 2040s -- Warrior Mavin
Boeing’s Working on a Mach-5 Spy Plane -- War Is Boring
Air Force May Be Rethinking New Planes for J-STARS -- Military.com/Macon Telegraph
Pentagon space budget shaped by threats from Russia, China -- Space News
Trump: U.S. will cease building nuclear arsenal if other countries stop first -- Politico.eu
America First? The U.S. Has a Military Presence in Almost Every Country -- OZY
Mattis to Meet with AfriCom Commander Ahead of Niger Ambush Report -- Military.com
Niger ambush probe to call for closer US mission scrutiny -- Stars and Stripes
Marine Corps Quietly Drops Major Obstacle to Female Infantry Officers -- Military.com
Trump wants a military parade “just like France’s.” It’s likely to look more like China’s. -- Richard Evans, VOX
5 Reasons The Army Must Keep Modernizing Today's Weapons While It Tries To Leap Ahead -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
