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Hier die Zahlen für den US-amerikanischen Verteidigungshaushalt:

FISCAL YEAR 2004 US MILITARY BUDGET AT A GLANCE

$399.1 billion - Military budget request for FY 2004 (Budget Authority)
$70.1 billion increase from FY 2001
$16.9 billion increase from FY 2003

Note: These figures do not include the cost of a supplemental
appropriations request expected to be presented to Congress for fiscal year
2003 to cover the war on terrorism and the cost of the likely war against
Iraq. The Pentagon estimates that it needs more than $13 billion *without*
including the costs of the war.

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FY 2004 National Defense budget authority (Function 050)
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$379.9 billion - Pentagon
$ 16.9 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities
$ 2.4 billion - other (Coast Guard)
$399.1 billion - TOTAL

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STRATEGIC NUCLEAR PROGRAM REQUESTS IN FY 2004 BUDGET
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=B-2 bomber: $260.2 billion
=Trident II (D-5 missile): $780.0 million (12 missiles)
=Space based infrared system (SBIRS) - High: $712.6 million
=Ballistic Missile Defense: $9.1 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion over
last year

=Major elements of missile defense program:
$3,613.3 million - Mid-course defense segment
$ 626.3 million - Boost phase segment
$ 240.8 million - BMD technologies
$ 408.2 million - BMD sensors
$ 301.1 million - BMD system interceptors
$ 611.5 million - BMD tests and targets
$ 343.6 million - BMD products
$ 484.0 million - BMD system core
$ 148.4 million - International cooperative programs
$ 730.6 million - THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense)
$1,269.5 million - Patriot PAC3 theater defense and MEADS (moved
to Army account)

Source: Program Acquisition Cost By Weapons System, Department of Defense
Budget for Fiscal Year 2004

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MAJOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REQUESTS (in millions of dollars)
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FY 2003 FY 2004 WEAPONS PROGRAMS (state of prime contractors in
parentheses)
5,374.4 5,170.2 F-22 Air Force Raptor (22 planes made in GA, TX, WA and FL)
3,418.6 3,210.2 F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet - (42 planes made in MA,
MO, MD & CA)
3,406.7 4,365.8 JSF Navy-Air Force-Marine Joint Strike Fighter (TX, CT)
1,640.0 1,654.0 V-22 Osprey - (11 aircraft made in TX, PA and IN)
4,430.2 3,686.3 C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft - (11 planes made in CA
and CT)
770.0 734.5 C-130J cargo aircraft (5 planes made in GA and IN)
874.0 1,079.3 RAH-66 Army Comanche light helicopter (made in CT, PA,
AZ, IN)
924.3 776.7 AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter (74 helicopters made
in MD)
1,199.1 1,390.3 UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (28 aircraft)
2,624.9 3,404.0 DDG-51 Navy Aegis destroyer - (3 destroyers made in ME
and MS)
2,341.5 2,640.5 Virginia class submarine (1 sub made in CT and VA)
855.3 1,525.8 CVN-77 Nimitz Class carrier (1 carrier in VA)
594.3 1,200.0 LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship (1 ship made in LA,
ME, CA & AL)

Source: Program Acquisition Cost By Weapons System, Department of Defense
Budget for Fiscal Year 2004

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MOST EXPENSIVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS
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(TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS)
Up to $1.2 trillion Layered missile defense
$ 226.5 billion JSF Joint Strike Fighter 2,866 planes
$ 73.4 billion Virginia class submarine 30 subs
$ 69.7 billion F-22 Air Force Raptor 295 planes
$ 66.0 billion DDG-51 Navy AEGIS destroyer 64 ships
$ 59.0 billion C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft180 planes
$ 48.8 billion F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet 548 planes
$ 47.9 billion RAH-66 Army Comanche helicopter1,213 helicopters
$ 46.2 billion V-22 Navy Osprey 458 aircraft
$ 37.5 billion D-5 Navy Trident II missile568 missiles
$ 15.4 billion LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship 12 ships

Source: Selected Acquisition Report, September 30, 2002; Missile defense
cost from Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and ECAAR report

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FISCAL YEAR 2004 BUDGET BY TITLE
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$ 98.6 billion - military personnel
$117.0 billion - operations and maintenance
$ 72.7 billion - procurement
$ 61.8 billion - research, development, testing and evaluation
$ 5.0 billion - military construction
$ 4.0 billion - family housing
$ 17.9 billion - other Pentagon programs
$ 2.8 billion - other
$379.9 billion - TOTAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ONLY
$ 19.3 billion - Department of Energy and other
$399.1 billion - TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE

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FUTURE YEAR MILITARY BUDGET AUTHORITY
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(Function 050)
FY 2003 $382.2 billion
FY 2004 $399.1 billion
FY 2005 $419.6 billion
FY 2006 $439.7 billion
FY 2007 $460.0 billion
FY 2008 $480.4 billion
FY 2009 $502.7 billion

Was mich wundert ist, daß die Osprey mit 458 Stück aufgeführt wird. Endlich haben sie sich dazu durchgerungen dieses Prachtstück einzuführen

Jedenfalls sieht man, daß das Budget erhöht werden soll. Aber warum? Ganz einfach: die Einführung der neuen Waffen kostet Geld. Das Verschrotten der alten Waffen kostet Geld. Wenn man nur überlegt, daß die Amis die komplette Armeestruktur ändern wollen ... Stichworte: "initial brigade combat teams", "land warrior", Aufbau von sogenannten "interim forces" und in weiterer Folge die "objective forces", usw.
Das alles kostetet Geld. Die Programme laufen teilweise bis ins nächste Jahrzehnt oder noch länger. Klar, daß da Geld gebraucht wird. Das ändert aber nichts daran, daß Personal abgebaut wird und die Strukturen verkleinert werden.