Defense One geht auf eine kürzlich gehaltene Rede des republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten Ted Cruz ein, in der er eine Reihe kostspieliger Aufrüstungsmaßnahmen ankündigte, sollte er siegreich aus den Wahlen hervorgehen: „Cruz said he would cancel President Obama’s plan to shrink the Army to 450,000 by 2018, and he said the nation needs a minimum force of 525,000 soldiers. He promised to increase the Navy from its current 273 ships to 350, the largest fleet in recent memory. He wants 12 new ballistic-missile submarines. He wants to increase the Air Force by nearly 20 percent, from around 5,000 planes now to 6,000. […] In short, Cruz wants to spend a tremendous amount of money.” (jw)
