{"id":1881,"date":"2023-03-10T16:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2023-03-10T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T21:44:50","slug":"us-indo-pacific-command-seeks-15-3-billion-in-new-independent-budget-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2023\/03\/us-indo-pacific-command-seeks-15-3-billion-in-new-independent-budget-request\/\">US Indo-Pacific Command seeks $15.3 billion in new, independent budget request<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Indo-Pacific Command&#8217;s independent budget request is roughly $4 billion more than what it received last fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/sites.breakingmedia.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/7122315-scaled-e1664375414392-1536x864.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.breakingmedia.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/7122315-scaled-e1664375414392-1536x864.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 3rd Class Thaddeus Berry)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s combatant command primarily charged with countering&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>&nbsp;in the Indo-Pacific says it needs approximately $15.3 billion dollars in fiscal 2024 to accomplish all of its goals, almost $4 billion more than Congress approved for last fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $15.3 billion figure comes from a special congressionally mandated report, obtained by Breaking Defense, that allows&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/tag\/indopacom\/\">US Indo-Pacific command<\/a>&nbsp;to give an independent assessment of the budget it needs to achieve all of its strategic goals in the region that has rapidly become the Pentagon\u2019s top priority following two decades of conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combatant command\u2019s new request is higher than what the administration requested last year ($6.1 billion) and what Congress eventually authorized ($11.5 billion), according to POLITICO, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/09\/china-pentagon-congress-budget-pacific-forces-00086284\">first reported<\/a>\u00a0on this year\u2019s document.\u00a0Details of the White House\u2019s new FY24 budget request for INDOPACOM have not been made public yet. While not an apples-to-apple comparison, the Biden administration\u2019s just released budget request includes $9.1 billion in funding for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, effectively a special counter-China fund for the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The document projects the combatant command would seek approximately $71 billion spread across FY24 to FY28. The request for this year includes $1.6 billion to fund a variety of programs that collectively contribute to the defense of Guam and Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest single items on the list is a $5.3 billion request for \u201cPersistent Battlespace Awareness,\u201d which includes funding for the next generation of Overhead Persistent Infrared program, a network of satellites focused on missile warning, tracking and defense, as well as a network of space-based sensors \u201cnecessary to provide persistent and complete coverage of air, sea, and ground-launched missile threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request includes funding for a number of missile programs \u2014 roughly $2.8 billion \u2014 including the Maritime Strike Tomahawk, the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, Standard Missile-6, the Precision Strike Missile Increment 2 and the Marine Corps\u2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2021\/09\/what-is-nmesis-the-marine-corps-new-ship-killer\/\">newest anti-ship weapon<\/a>, nicknamed NMESIS, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INDOPACOM seeks $2.2 billion for improving infrastructure as well as $696 million to \u201cbuild defense and security capabilities, and cooperation of allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request also includes $1.1 billion for a variety of training exercises and experiments, such as an \u201cAI-enabled planning &amp; wargaming\u201d initiative dubbed \u201cStormbreaker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStormbreaker is an artificial intelligence enabled planning and war gaming capability that provides the Joint Force Commander with the ability to conduct multi-domain, operational-level wargaming using machine learning analytical tools,\u201d according to the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly $35 million is allotted for maintenance, logistics and the pre-positioning of equipment, including the defueling of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel storage facility in Hawaii, which last year came under intense scrutiny by lawmakers after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/navy-red-hill-fuel-leak-investigation\/\">local residents reported a fuel leak<\/a>\u00a0contaminated the water supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2023\/03\/us-indo-pacific-command-seeks-15-3-billion-in-new-independent-budget-request\/\">https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2023\/03\/us-indo-pacific-command-seeks-15-3-billion-in-new-independent-budget-request\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Indo-Pacific Command&#8217;s independent budget request is roughly $4 billion more than what it received last fiscal year. WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s combatant command primarily charged with countering&nbsp;China&nbsp;in the Indo-Pacific says it needs approximately $15.3 billion dollars in fiscal 2024 to accomplish all of its goals, almost $4 billion more than Congress approved for last fiscal year. The $15.3 billion figure comes from a special congressionally mandated report, obtained by Breaking Defense, that allows&nbsp;US Indo-Pacific command&nbsp;to give an independent assessment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1884,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1881\/revisions\/1884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}