With a FY2016 budget of $573 billion, the Department of Defense is hoping to increase the total amount of defense spending to $582.7 billion for FY2017. That’s a lot of digits! Fortunately, it will all be going to useful things that most ordinary citizens care deeply about, like 3D printed micro drones.
In a preview of the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, Defense Secretary Ash Carter discussed the proposed $582.7 billion budget within the context of what the DoD considers “five evolving challenges”, specifically four sovereign nations – Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran – and the self-proclaimed Islamic State.…
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