If the conflict in Ukraine leads to the collapse of the world order and the start of a great power conflict, the US will have to double its already record defense budget. This was expressed by Chief of Staff Mark Milley at a congressional hearing. DEA News.
“If the rules-based world order that is already 80 years old blows up, <…> “We will double our defense budgets,” he said.
The soldier is confident that not “an era of rivalry” will “begin”, but a clash of great powers, and “this is incredibly dangerous for the whole world.”
According to him, the condition for maintaining the order that became official after the Second World War is the survival of Ukraine as “an independent country with a free sovereign and integrated territory”.
Previously reportedHe said the White House had requested a budget of $842 billion in 2024, a historical record for the Pentagon. This amount was $26 billion more than in 2023.