The Pentagon proposes to acquire approximately $170 billion in missiles and nuclear submarines

On 30 July, the United States Department of Defense made a commitment to pay nearly hundreds of billions of dollars to the arms contractor with a view to accelerating the production of “patriotics” and “Sad” interceptors as the war in Iran and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continued to consume United States weapons stocks. In addition, the Pentagon ordered 14 nuclear submarines for a total contract of $76.6 billion. On 29 local time, it was reported that there had been a change in the deal between the Pentagon and the arms contractor with regard to the “patriotics” interceptors, from a one-year $4.7 billion contract signed in April to a seven-year draft agreement totalling $58.6 billion. At the same time, the Pentagon finalized a seven-year contract for the purchase of a $35 billion “Sad” interception bomb. According to the information received, these two military purchase documents, although not finalized, reflect a new change in the Pentagon ' s missile purchase, namely, the intention to replace annual purchases with multi-year contracts, with a view to incentivizing arms contractors to expand their capacity in exchange for stable and continuous orders。