Indo-Pacific Command Asks For Staggering $11 Billion More Than Biden Budget Request Amid China Threat

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), which oversees U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific region, requested an additional $11 billion for programs not included in the Pentagon’s official budget request for fiscal year 2025, according to a report obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The administration hopes to boost its defenses in the Pacific as China balloons its military and conducts increasingly aggressive activities in the Indo-Pacific region. The largest components of INDOPACOM’s so-called “unfunded priorities” list include major construction projects in the Indo-Pacific, classified space-related programs and accelerating plans to beef up ammunition arsenals, according to the report submitted to Congress Tuesday that was obtained by the DCNF.

Congress requires combatant commands and military departments to submit lists of programs and activities that did not make it into the president’s final budget request but that the military would fund if Congress appropriated the money.