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Submarine based cruise missiles
Military Industrial Complex

Navy pushing billions for sea-based nukes that nobody seems to want

Long deemed unnecessary, the re-upped SLCM-N venture could cost taxpayers — and national security — big time

F/A-18C Hornet USS Harry S. Truman
QiOSK

F-18 rolls off US carrier as it turns to avoid Houthi fire

$67 million fighter sinks to the bottom of the ocean amid increasingly expensive air campaign

Eli Crane Republican Congressman
QiOSK

GOP Rep. Eli Crane: Do not aspire to 'empire'

In a hearing designed for threat inflation, several Republicans nonetheless questioned endless military spending

Senators want to infect other agencies with 'unfunded' wish lists
Washington Politics

Senators want to infect other agencies with 'unfunded' wish lists

Expanding a controversial budgeting practice that is already being abused to hike military spending is folly


Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion
Global Crises

Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion

Between wars and increased tensions, every region saw increases

The Pentagon keeps failing up — on your dime
Military Industrial Complex

The Pentagon keeps failing up — on your dime

A world-spanning grand strategy keeps weapons contractors rich while making Americans less safe