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No, it’s not: > The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount. https://www.defense.go
by cornercasechase 3y ago
No, it’s not:
> The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2980014/the-department-of-defense-releases-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2023-defense-budg/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/298001...
- playday 3y agoThat’s lower than inflation, making it a reduction in real terms.
- etempleton 3y agoI think the implication is what the US military is buying is getting smaller, cheaper and smarter, not that the US military is downsizing.
- solardev 3y agoWish I could use that same logic in my budget requests. Yeah, the department is still spending a lot of money, but each library we buy is more specialized now!
- delecti 3y agoThat's actually a decent comparison. "We're spending just as much, but we're deploying lots of smaller containerized applications instead of one giant on-prem monolith."
- Hayvok 3y agoThe article is exploring the idea of moving away from large, multi-year, multi-billion platforms (like aircraft carriers). And it is doing so from the lens of most-effective warfighting capabilities, not from a budget reduction mindset.