Interpreting the impact of the 2027 U.S. defense budget

The Trump administration seeks a 1.5-trillion-dollar defense budget for 2027. That's a 44-percent rise in Pentagon spending, the largest such request in decades. It reflects the U.S. government's military investment priority over domestic programs, even before the U.S.-led war against Iran. How worrisome is a sharp rise in U.S. defense spending? As new drone, missile and artificial intelligence technologies change modern warfare, what can 1.5 trillion dollars buy in military hardware? How does a way higher U.S. military budget affect the global security architecture?