Defense Industry

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  7/3/2023
  

  America Broke its Own Military Industrial Complex

  by Michael Brenes

  Privatization has worked out great for defense contractors who rake in money for big-ticket experimental programs without any expectation of producing basic military hardware. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  5/24/2022
  

  The Arsenal of Autocracy

  by William Hartung

  If the current global situation is getting you down, think of the arms manufacturers: they're doing great. 

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• 10/24/2021
  

  Why Is Pentagon Spending Rising When "We Can't Afford" Everything Else?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The self-interest of politicians and defense contractors, not popular demand or military necessity, is driving a new US military buildup that continues unabated even as other vital national priorities go begging. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  9/19/2021
  

  After Afghanistan: Will Peace Get a Chance?

  by William Astore

  "Here’s the rest of my message to my fellow citizens. Stop rewarding the Pentagon and its failed generals and admirals with yet more money."

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  3/4/2021
  

  Rewarding Failure

  by William Astore

  One place a little cancel culture could come in handy is in the halls of the Pentagon, where costly and pointless weapons programs prove impossible to kill off.