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Dan Grazier

USS Gerald Ford
Military Industrial Complex

USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?

The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency

Are we on the precipice of World War III?
Global Crises

Are we on the precipice of World War III?

Countless potential black swan events could spark a collapse of our fragile geopolitical order

US air force Venezuela operation absolute resolve
Latin America

The US military is feeling invincible, and that's dangerous

What happened in Venezuela is the exception, not the rule

USS Defiant trump class
Military Industrial Complex

Trump's big, bad battleship will fail

At best, the Navy will receive three troublesome ships that will cost more than $10 billion each before then entire scheme is abandoned

USS Lafayette (FFG 65) Constellation-class
Military Industrial Complex

The US Navy just lit another $9 billion on fire

The cancellation of the Constellation-class program shows that the military's shipbuilding problem is Washington, not China