This timeline of the United States intervention indicates that President Reagan believed military spending was important, and he supported increased military spending.
Reagan aimed to raise military spending to $343 billion a year in fiscal year 1986, from $162 billion a year in fiscal 1981. He underscored the shared belief that the country needed to get back on its superpower feet again.
President Reagan served as president over the biggest peacetime defense buildup of all times, from high-tech weapons systems to larger training ranges and military pay increases. He focused on rebuilding America’s military.