A crane moves the lower stern into place on the USS John F. Kennedy at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, making the aircraft carrier 50% structurally complete, June 22, 2017. US Navy
Reuters: Trump's $750 billion defense budget spends more on warships but cuts orders of fighter jets and tankers
* President Donald Trump's $750 billion defense budget is the largest ever submitted in dollar terms.
* The proposal budget directs more money toward ships for the Navy and less on aircraft — particularly on Boeing's newly arrived KC-46 tanker.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's $750 billion defense budget includes more money to build ships, fulfilling a campaign promise to strengthen the Navy, but also cuts the number of Boeing KC-46 tanker jets, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
The defense spending request to Congress is the largest ever in dollar terms, but not after being adjusted for inflation, and is meant to counter the growing strength of the Chinese and Russian militaries.
The Navy saw an increase of 5%, or $9.9 billion, in top-line funding to kick off a quicker pace of ship construction, including aircraft carriers made by Huntington Ingalls Industries, and Virginia and Columbia class nuclear submarines made by Huntington and General Dynamics.
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Air Force resumes KC-46 deliveries after Boeing changes inspections -- UPI
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Pentagon sets limits on transgender troops -- Reuters
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Germany's military still isn't happy with its combat readiness, and it's keeping an annual report secret for the first time because of it -- Reuters
UK military turns to universities to research psychological warfare -- The Guardian
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Italy Air Force chief attacks F-35 ‘uncertainty’ in Rome -- Defense News
Israel's Tiny Navy Can Take on Anyone (Thanks to Nuclear Weapons) -- National Interest/War Is Boring
Iran to rethink strategy in wake of ‘suspicious nuclear projects’ in the region – top official -- RT
International weapons exports (Video) -- DW
