Тут вот пишут, ув.Exeter, что базовый бюджет в 2012 г финансовом году $558 млрд. Это приблизительно эквивалентно тем 100 млрд руб, которые Сердюкову приказали "съэкономить" в этом году
The FY 2012 budget requests a total of $676 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD). The base budget for DoD includes $553 billion in discretionary funding and $5 billion in mandatory funding, and an additional $118 billion is requested for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The budget request also includes $19 billion for defense-related atomic energy programs and $8 billion for defense-related activities in other agencies, bringing the total national defense budget to $703 billion. Separately, the budget includes $129 billion for veterans’ benefits and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
