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Military Industrial Complex

Hegseth has a need for speed, but where is he taking us exactly?

This week in The Bunker: DOD's new way of buying things, Air Force wants more, and the disgraceful Senate

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Military Industrial Complex

Hegseth wants to make the Pentagon a global arms bazaar

The defense secretary is expected to roll out new mandates that would in part assist the weapons industry with international business. Why?


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Europe

Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis

The narrative that Moscow's war is 'unsustainable' deflects from real production and performance problems in American arms to Ukraine

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Military Industrial Complex

Are killer robot ships coming to save us?

Autonomous maritime vessels could keep armed service members out of harm’s way — if they don’t set off new wars in the process

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Military Industrial Complex

DOD has money for boondoggles but not clean water for bases?

Flush with cash, the Pentagon is still putting off addressing toxic contamination it has left across military communities nationwide

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Washington Politics

Why does peace cost a trillion dollars?

As Congress returns to a Pentagon budget fight, we must ask ourselves: why is military spending skyrocketing even without a war?