House Republicans this week unveiled legislation that would add $150 billion to the Pentagon’s budget, raising total defense spending above $1 trillion in a single fiscal year for the first time in U.S. history.

The House and Senate Armed Services committees developed the bill, which would earmark $25 billion to support President Donald Trump’s calls for a missile defense system similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, as well as $33.7 billion to build new ships, $20.4 billion for munitions, and $7.2 billion for aircraft, among other expenditures.

“Our defense industrial base has weakened. America’s deterrence is failing, and without a generational investment in our national defense, we will lose the ability to defeat our adversaries,” House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said in a statement released with the legislation. “With this bill, we have the opportunity to get back on track and restore our national security and global leadership.”

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