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Mark Thompson

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Military Industrial Complex

Why is the Navy spending $19 billion on 'flying gas stations'?

The military flies ever closer to getting a carrier-based drone to refuel its carrier-based warplanes

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Military Industrial Complex

US leaves Iraq: 'Shock and awe' curdles into 'Aw, shucks'

The U.S. ends its military campaign in Baghdad after 23 years of fighting. The campaign cost 4,418 US troops their lives and will end up costing nearly $3 trillion through 2050.

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Military Industrial Complex

More money for Iran war? This rigmarole won't wash

The admin and Republicans think they have a scheme for getting billions in new funding but it won't be easy

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Military Industrial Complex

Pentagon puts $131 billion price tag on 1970s-era fighter

The F-15 has been upgraded since it first flew but the sheer size of the sum is staggering.

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Military Industrial Complex

US looking for 'new creative' ways to fight a war it's already 'won'

Trump attempts to spend his way out of a politically disastrous conflict with Iran, while the Air Force and Navy grapple with the usual production problems