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Dan Grazier

AI Weapons
Military Industrial Complex

What happens if the robot army is defeated?

The military should step back and take a breath before committing to what may amount to suicide by Silicon

‘Goldplating’ — not speed — is the real problem in weapons acquisition
Military Industrial Complex

‘Goldplating’ — not speed — is the real problem in weapons acquisition

Contractors want 'streamlining' but taxpayers are getting rooked from all the gilding in design

F-35 US Air Force
Military Industrial Complex

'Flop': Proponents of the F-35 can't tell you that it works

When they've resorted to arguing 'it's a job creator,' you know there isn't much military use

Welcome to the defense death spiral
Military Industrial Complex

Welcome to the defense death spiral

At the current spending rate, in another generation we will have a lot of rich contractors and no aircraft or Naval fleets to speak of


F-35: $2T in 'generational wealth' the military had no right to spend
Military Industrial Complex

F-35: $2T in 'generational wealth' the military had no right to spend

The Joint Strike Fighter had a $200B price tag in 2001, now babies born that year are out of college and the plane is still not ready for prime time