US President George W. Bush on Monday submitted a 419.3 billion-US dollar defense budget for fiscal 2006, representing a 4.8 percent increase over fiscal 2005.

Spending for the 2006 budget year that starts Oct. 1 does not include the money spent for war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The budget provides a 3.1 percent pay raise for military personnel and 2.3 percent increase for Pentagon civilians, and 7.8 billion dollars to continue the development, testing, and fielding of the missile defense system.

The budget allocates 1.9 billion dollars to begin paying for a new round of military base closings.

The budget provides 3.4 billion dollars in fiscal 2006 for the Army's Future Combat Systems program, 9.4 billion dollars for shipbuilding to continue the shift to a new generation of ships, 4.3 billion dollars for the procurement of F/A-22 Raptor fighters, 2.9 billion dollars for the Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a multi-mission aircraft, and 5 billion dollars for the new Joint Strike Fighter.

The 2006 defense budget also includes 3.7 billion dollars for the C-13 military transporter, to advance the total procurement of 180 aircraft.

The defense budget under Bush has grown rapidly since the Sept.11, 2001, attacks. The fiscal 2006 defense budget is 41 percent above fiscal 2001.