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When 100 new B-21 bombers just isn't enough

This week in The Bunker: one defense contractor bets big bucks that the Pentagon will buy more

'Always at War' strives to answer the question: why?
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'Always at War' strives to answer the question: why?

Quincy Institute makes its podcast debut with a show that probes the hidden matrix of interlocking interests that fuels American militarism

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Global powers boost military budgets by record percent

A new report finds that 2024 saw the biggest increase in spending since the end of the Cold War

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Pentagon stops being coy about space war

This week in The Bunker: The fledgling Space Force issues its marching orders while DOD backs tiny nuclear reactors to power its US bases

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From barracks to battleships, cost control is MIA

This week in The Bunker: New Navy chief stunned over cost of new barracks compared to the luxury Hawaiian hotel his company built

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New DoD EO wants to ax problem programs, but read the fine print

Even if eligible systems are cut, the savings likely will be diverted to shiny, but unproven, new tech toys