US Army identifies funds to siphon towards modernisation, targets legacy weapons

摘要

Without naming names US Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the department will largely pull USD31.5 billion from legacy platform coffers to help pay for its six modernisation initiatives to prepare for a potential conflict with Russia and China. During a 26 February Association of the US Army breakfast, McCarthy broadly discussed the delayed fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) budget request, upcoming challenges facing the service as they make their case to Congress and the ongoing, second "night court" round to determine additional cuts down the road.