Chairman of Joint Chiefs warns defense budgets may ‘decline significantly’ under Biden
by Abraham Mahshie, Defense Reporter
| December 03, 2020 04:04 PM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley has predicted a coming defense budget cliff under a Biden administration, the product of the dual impact of a struggling economy and continued coronavirus pandemic.
The defense budget challenges, he said, come at a time when investment in defense modernization must be America’s key security priority to prevent a great power war with China.
“We’ve got to do a quick reality check on the national budget and what is likely to happen in the not-too-distant future,†Milley said at a Brookings Institution discussion with security scholar Michael O’Hanlon Wednesday.
“There's a reasonable prospect that they could actually decline significantly,†Milley added after saying that, at the very least, budgets are expected to be flat instead of the 3% to 5% annual increases that would be required to maintain current defense needs.
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