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Military Industrial Complex

Spending 5% of GDP on military now would be absolutely nuts

The system cannot accommodate such growth, and even more, it’s not necessary to defend the country — unless Washington wants WWIII

Biden
Washington Politics

Biden's 'foreign policy for the middle class' was a bust

Why not call it what it was — a boon for arms industry executives — the one percent

NATO mark rutte jens stoltenberg
Europe

NATO countries spending 3%? That's empire.

Mark Rutte wants Cold War spending but Russia is in no way the same adversary, calling into question real motives

F35
Military Industrial Complex

The low hanging DOGE fruit at the Pentagon for Elon and Vivek

The 'Department of Government Efficiency' has ripe targets that members of both parties would support going after

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


RTX (ex-Raytheon) busted for ‘extraordinary’ corruption
Military Industrial Complex

RTX (ex-Raytheon) busted for ‘extraordinary’ corruption

How bad do you have to be to get slapped with nearly $1 billion in fines?