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Private equity gobbling up defense firms at a frightening pace: Experts

And with no obligation to disclose financials, companies often ‘disappear into a black box’ after an acquisition.

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COVID hardly killed weapons biz: top companies see $513 billion in sales

Brand new report shows industry giants shielded by government demand for the goods and services of war.

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America’s abyss of weapons and warmaking

There can’t be the slightest doubt: America worships its Pentagod and the weapons and wars that feed it.

Cutting the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion? It can be done.
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Cutting the Pentagon budget by $1 trillion? It can be done.

But whether our leaders continue to succumb to the power of the arms lobby is an open question.

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Arms biz cash swirls around House votes blocking Pentagon cuts

Many of those who opposed amendments to rein in DOD's bloated coffers have been underwritten by the weapons industry.

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Report: Weapons industry pocketed at least $4.4 trillion since 9/11

Military contractors may have even ended up with as much as one-half of the Pentagon’s $14 trillion allocation from Congress.