CNN GOP Town Hall in S.C.: on Homeland Security

Ted Cruz: Increase armed forces to 1.4 million troops

Likewise the Air Force. The Air Force has been reduced to about 4,000 planes. We need to increase that to a minimum of 6,000 planes so that we can project power, and use our air power superiority.

The Navy: We've got 272 ships, the least we've had since 1917, literally a century ago was the last time we had a navy with this few ships. We need to increase that to a minimum of 350 ships.

And, we need an overall force level of 1.4 million troops at a minimum [up from the current level of 1.3 million active personnel].