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In today's Back of the Brief, the Pentagon has unveiled a budget request that, even by Washington's freewheeling spending standards, is raising eyebrows.

The Department of Defense, sometimes known as the Department of War, is proposing a massive $1.5 trillion defense budget for fiscal 2027.

That's a roughly 40% increase year over year, and the largest military spending request in U.S.

history.

Now, the justification for such a big budget from the DoD is straightforward.

Well, they want more cash.

No, that's not their justification.

They're saying the threat environment is getting more complex, more dangerous, and more technologically advanced.

And they're not wrong.

And the U.S., they argue, needs to catch up fast.

Again, not wrong.

So, where's all that money going?

Well, at the top of the list is the much-touted Golden Dome.

That's the multi-layered missile defense system designed to protect the American homeland.

Think space-based sensors, advanced radar, and ground interceptors, all working together to stop incoming ballistic or hypersonic missiles.

Then there's a big push into drones and autonomous systems.