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Biden Ready to Cut F-35 Buys, Alaska, Guam Missile Defenses in Budget Talks - Report
Biden Ready to Cut F-35 Buys, Alaska, Guam Missile Defenses in Budget Talks - Report
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President Joe Biden is looking to reduce the number of expensive new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters the US armed forces want to buy in the coming fiscal year by 18%, wire service reports said.
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The Department of Defense had included a request for 83 new F-35s in the coming defense budget, but that would now be reduced to only 70 of the aircraft, saving $1.6 billion, the Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday.Biden would cap the total military budget at $895 billion, Reuters reported, citing sources speaking on condition of anonymity.The final agreed figure will be made public on March 11 following negotiations between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the report said, citing the anonymous sources.Plans to boost missile defenses at the US base on the Pacific island of Guam may also be slashed, along with planned modernization upgrades to the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) in Alaska and proposed new SM3-1B interceptor missiles to be deployed on US Navy AEGIS destroyers and cruisers, the report said.
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us president joe biden, potus' reported plans to reduce the number of expensive new f-35 joint strike fighters by 18%
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Biden Ready to Cut F-35 Buys, Alaska, Guam Missile Defenses in Budget Talks - Report
04:30 GMT 15.02.2024 (Updated: 04:37 GMT 15.02.2024) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden is looking to reduce the number of expensive new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters the US armed forces want to buy in the coming fiscal year by 18% to stay within the financial limits imposed on the military budget by Congress, wire service reports said.
The Department of Defense had included a request for 83 new
F-35s in the coming defense budget, but that would now be reduced to only 70 of the aircraft, saving $1.6 billion, the Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday.
Biden would cap the total military budget at $895 billion, Reuters reported, citing sources speaking on condition of anonymity.
The final agreed figure will be made public on March 11 following negotiations between Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the report said, citing the anonymous sources.
Plans to boost missile defenses at
the US base on the Pacific island of Guam may also be slashed, along with planned modernization upgrades to the Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) in Alaska and proposed new SM3-1B interceptor missiles to be deployed on US Navy AEGIS destroyers and cruisers, the report said.
