Commentary The current appropriation for the Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Defense budget is capped at $892.5 billion, the largest ever. However, with the worldwide arson campaign of the Chinese Communist Party, the U.S. Military is finding itself outpaced significantly by China in many important metrics such as shipbuilding, nuclear forces, cyber, and others. The U.S. Navy is firing missiles at a rapid rate to keep open the Red Sea, but their ships are rusting and behind on maintenance. Congress is now working on a $150 billion immediate supplemental for the DOD which will bring it to over $1 trillion in spending, another first. The threat of the Chinese led alliance of Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and South Africa is real and being projected…
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