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The Air Force’s Strange Love for the New B-21 Bomber
The Air Force and its flyboy generals will win the fight for the B-21 and take the American taxpayer along for the ride.
The Cost of War at the End of Empire
It's a lethal machine aimed to extract profit.
The US’s #1 Weapons Salesman: Trump Promotes US Arms Manufacturers and Weakens Export Rules
The Trump administration plans to make the US an even larger weapons exporter by loosening restrictions.
How China and the US Are Spawning a New Great Power Naval Rivalry
There is a rising tempo of naval competition in the South China Sea.
How Much Noise Can a Person Survive? Navy Jets Plague the Lives of Washington Residents
The loudest jets ever built fly so close to Puget Sound that residents' dishes rattle and they become physically ill.
As Fighting Intensifies in Iraq, FDA Whistleblower Says Army’s Anti-Nerve Gas Pills Won’t Work
Despite fears that a nerve gas prophylactic may be causing illnesses in veterans, the FDA approved it for the Iraq War.
Jade Helm 15 Is Not a Federal Takeover: It’s Domestic Military Expansion
Jade Helm is not an Obama plot to take over Texas, but does signal an expanding domestic military that's just as scary.
Petraeus Resigns From CIA, Admits Affair
CIA Director David Petraeus ends a 37-year military and intelligence career.
The Final Indignity, the Last Insult, the Real America
The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill.
Against the Militarized Academy
While there is an ongoing discussion about what shape the military-industrial complex will take under an Obama presidency, what is often left out of this analysis is the intrusion …