The defense industry and the US government are inextricably linked
Close examination indicates that in the US, one branch of the bureaucracy buys weapons from another
Defense
Tuesday
Wednesday
Democrats vexed by Trump’s success in Iran
A leaderless party, unified only by hatred of Trump, splutters and fulminates
Wednesday
How America can develop its own rare earth elements industry… safely
China’s disregard for responsible mining practices has led to severe toxic conditions American consumers are happy to ignore
Wednesday
Is Anduril Industries building the future of warfare?
The firm stands free of the embarrassments of over-priced and underperforming programs that burden the record of legacy defense giants
Wednesday
AI and the new way of war
The killer robots are coming
Friday
Joe Biden’s failure is Bob Gates’s vindication
He’s been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy issue for five decades
Tuesday
Lloyd Austin’s mistake should be career-ending
When the secretary of defense goes AWOL, the clear chain of command is severed
Friday
Lawmakers debate milk in school lunches
A DC Dairy special edition
Tuesday
America’s undersea lifelines
Undersea cables make the world go round — and leave us vulnerable
Thursday
Contra the hawks, Biden’s defense budget keeps ballooning
No one ever asks what is actually vital to our national security
Thursday
Europeans are still free-riding off American security
They claimed during Trump’s presidency that they were going to take charge of their defense, but they haven’t
Thursday
A government of drunken sailors
Shame on Congress and Joe Biden for their gigantic spending packages
Wednesday
Congress’s defense budget is pure madness
They’re set to spend even more money than Joe Biden wants to
Monday
How the US military got rich from Afghanistan
Trillions of dollars have flowed through the Pentagon’s war budgets in the last two decades
Sunday
Can Patrick Shanahan handle the madness of King Trump?
Like a Russian tsar, the President seems to think he can govern by ukase
