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posted by martyb on Friday March 24 2017, @11:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the which-swamps-are-we-draining? dept.

President Trump has proposed a $54 billion increase in defense spending, which he said would be "one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

Past administrations have increased military spending, but typically to fulfil a specific mission. Jimmy Carter expanded operations in the Persian Gulf. Ronald Reagan pursued an arms race with the Soviet Union, and George W. Bush waged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mr. Trump has not articulated a new mission that would require a military spending increase. This has left analysts wondering what goals he has in mind. Erin M. Simpson, a national security consultant, called Mr. Trump's plans "a budget in search of a strategy."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/22/us/is-americas-military-big-enough.html

Donald J. Trump - Military Readiness Remarks

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What do you think about the proposed increase in military spending ? Does USA really need more weapons ?


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  • (Score: 1) by its_gonna_be_yuge! on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:02AM (4 children)

    by its_gonna_be_yuge! (6454) on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:02AM (#483931)

    Mexico's wall is so 2016. Now Trump wants the US military to have money to build a wall against China. It'll be waterproof.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:07AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:07AM (#483936) Journal

    The core module for China's new space station is going up in 2018.

    So the question you must ask yourself is: "Can we build a wall out of space debris?"

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:28AM (1 child)

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:28AM (#483949) Journal

      There's enough space debris to be shrapnel! Would that do? :)

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:35AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 25 2017, @12:35AM (#483952) Journal

        Not nearly enough. I guess ISS needs to be used as such.

        (grin)

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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday March 25 2017, @09:56AM

    by isostatic (365) on Saturday March 25 2017, @09:56AM (#484065) Journal

    The wall lasted about an hour, you need Jaegars