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Military Industrial Complex

USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?

The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency

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Military Industrial Complex

The Navy wants to kill the Snakehead drone. Why won’t Congress let it die?

The half-baked undersea military program is set to cost taxpayers more than $500 million over the next five years.

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Asia-Pacific

Why the US and China should agree on limits to their carrier fleets

Aircraft carriers are expensive and ultimately of limited value in any potential great power conflict.

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Military Industrial Complex

Bill demanding $21B for Navy shipyards another foolish gambit for quick cash

Applying phony solutions to real problems — it seems the armed forces, in league with Congress, has this down.

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Washington Politics

Why would the Navy buy more ships when it is incapable of competently managing what it has?

Decades of disarray have led many to wonder: What's going on with the U.S. Navy?

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Asia-Pacific

The US and China are dangerously close to a military confrontation in the South China Sea

The coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is back at sea to join other U.S. warships in projecting power into the Western Pacific.