Congress Backs Pentagon Budget Heavy on Future Weapons

As Congress moves ahead with a huge new defense bill, lawmakers are making only modest changes in the Pentagon's plans to spend well over $1 trillion in the next decade on an arsenal of futuristic planes, ships and weapons with little direct connection to the Iraq war or the global war on terrorism.



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Wair wait wait... 1 trillion???I'm just shocked...really...

well this will shut up all the sceptics who said that the us dosent have money to buy the raptor and all the other stuff cant wait till the rods from god are operational

$1 trillion for a decade is ONLY $100 billion a year!!!

Is that the budget of US army now.

Out,
Russian

I could see where this is headed think about this. Congress aproves huge budget for weapons. Next will be seeing the most advanced exotic weapons. They will be revealing what they have been working on.

Originally posted by Russian
$1 trillion for a decade is ONLY $100 billion a year!!!

Is that the budget of US army now.

Out,
Russian

only????only??? We will see is this just "only" in about 20 years.Comanche,Star wars,abrams etc - these all "cold war" projects.All the things US scientists working on now will be ready in next 20 years.I suppose that at that time US military will be invicious.



[edit on 25-6-2004 by gattaca]

no russian 100 billion a year added to the 400 billion a year now