The US will need tons and tons of money to maintain their forward defence deployment capability. But with the US slated to trim down their budget by more than one trillion dollars within the next decade, it is likely that the US will need strong allies to carry their defence projection forward, not only in Asia but also in Europe.
This is one of the reasons why countries in Europe are beginning to do military hardware "sharing" programs just like France and the UK; very difficult for small countries with small populations to maintain separate credible forces because of the expense of defence equipment.
It's China that stands to gain the most with America's budget cuts plans because China will be spending at the very least half a trillion dollars within the next decade to beef up their military in order to project a credibe forward defence capability first in Asia and then in the rest of the world. :-( In fact, China has already announced their naval build up over the next two decades that will give them a forward defence projection capability which can pose a challenge to US naval power worldwide.
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