GOP Senator Pushes for Significant Defense Spending Boost to Counter Adversaries

‘The best way to avoid further conflict is to be ready. Today’s security challenges demand a generational investment to revitalize our armed forces,’ he wrote.

Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is underway with the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in the Atlantic Ocean on March 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Harry Andrew D. Gordon/Released

A top Republican ranking senator in the Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a comprehensive military defense plan to rebuild the U.S. military for generations and to counter adversaries.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on May 29 released a major defense investment plan titled “21st Century Peace Through Strength” which will increase an additional $55 billion in the defense budget next year and grow to 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic products (GDP) over time.