Dívida
Vou fazer um update relativamente aos valores dado que agora temos o valor de 2020 e no ano passado não tinha. E é algo importante. Porquê? porque mostra que algo está a acelerar. O declínio. Não podemos esquecer como referi no post anterior que em 2000 a dívida rondava os 50% da dívida pública.
U.S. National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion: What This Means For YouOn Feb. 1, the U.S. Treasury Department reported that the U.S. gross national debt surpassed $30 trillion for the first time, a figure that’s incomprehensible at the best of times, let alone when many Americans are still dealing with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic...Interest CostsIf you’ve ever had a car loan or mortgage, you’re familiar with how much of your payment each month goes toward interest. The same is true of the federal government’s debts. As the national debt rises, the government will pay more interest to keep those debts in good standing.Using data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation estimates that the government will pay a staggering $5.4 trillion in interest over the next 10 years...
Como são os avançados seis caças de guerra eletrónicos que os EUA enviaram para a Alemanha para reforçar a defesa da NATOOs aviões são compostos por uma variedade de sensores capazes de confundir os radares inimigos e, segundo um ex-militar, de "impedir os ataques de mísseis aéreos russos de atingir aeronaves da NATO"...São um forte reforço para as tropas da Aliança Atlântica e considerados um “equipamento único de defesa” por especialistas. Enviados pelos Estados Unidos da América (EUA), aterraram na segunda-feira na base aérea Spangdahlem, na Alemanha, seis aeronaves do modelo EA-18G Growler...
Navy Wants to Send 25 EA-18G Growlers to the BoneyardSince its first deployment in 2009, the EA-18G Growler has become the premier airborne electronic attack platform in the United States military. So it came as a surprise to many when the U.S. Navy published a document highlighting various aspects of its Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal and it called for the decommissioning of all five of the non-carrier-based Growler squadrons, which have a total of 25 aircraft...
“The F-15EX is the most advanced version of the F-15 ever built, due in large part to its digital backbone,” said Lori Schneider, Boeing F-15EX program manager. “Its unmatched range, price and best-in-class payload capacity make the F-15EX an attractive choice for the U.S. Air Force.”
The F-15EX Program Is In TroubleOfficials within the U.S. Air Force are examining options for canceling the service’s new F-15EX Eagle II fighter, a type that was only accepted into the inventory a little over a year ago, after buying just 80 examples......In its budget request for Fiscal Year 2023, the Air Force has reduced its expected overall F-15EX purchase to 80 aircraft, after originally saying it would buy at least 144 to replace its aging F-15C/D Eagles and perhaps also to supplant its F-15E Strike Eagles...
The Oldest F-22 Raptors Might Soon Be Headed For The Boneyard...The U.S. Air Force is planning to retire the 33 oldest, non-combat-capable F-22s to optimize resources......the service listed the high costs that would be required to upgrade these 33 aircraft to an operational status. Maj. Gen. Peccia, in fact, mentioned that an investment of USD 1.8 million over eight years would be required to upgrade these older F-22s, which right now are only used for training, as the Block 20 has only basic air-to-ground capabilities, compared to more recent Blocks...
US Navy intends to decommission some of its newest warships...The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine ships in the Freedom-class of littoral combat ships — warships that cost about $4.5 billion altogether to build...
...All told, the Navy wants to scrap 24 ships, including five cruisers and a pair of Los Angeles-class submarines, as part of its cost-cutting needed to maintain the existing fleet and build modern warships. Those cuts surpass the proposed nine ships to be built...
Most of them are older vessels. However, the littoral combat ships that are targeted are young. The oldest of them is 10 years old...