Top U.S. military officials said they have started reshaping the country’s budget plans amid the growing threat from Russia as the latter continues to increase its military activities around the world. In interviews on Dec. 3, Air Force Secretary Deborah James, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and Pentagon chief arms buyer Frank Kendall expressed their concerns over Moscow’s increasingly aggressive behavior.
“Russia is the No. 1 threat to the United States. We have a number of threats that we’re dealing with, but Russia could be, because of the nuclear aspect, an existential threat to the United States,” James told Reuters in an interview at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.
